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SICILY AND MALTA. 85
cup, which was to be his prize mould he
bring it up. Pesce made two attempts, and
astonilhed the speclators by the time he re-
mained under water; but in the third, it
is thought he was caught by the whirlpool,
as he never appeared more; and his body
is said to have been found some time aster-
Wards near Taurominum (about thirty miles
distant) it having been observed, that what
is swallowed up by Charybdis is carried
south by the current, and thrown out upon
that coast. On the contrary, nothing
wrecked here was ever carried through the
Straits, or thrown out on the north side of
Sicily, unless we believe what Homer says
of the ship of UlysTes.
We have been again to take a view of
the Straits at this famous whirlpool, and
are more and more convinced, that it musl
be infinitely diminished; indeed, in com-
panion of what it was, almost reduced to
nothing. The sea appeared to have no ex-
G 3 traordinary
cup, which was to be his prize mould he
bring it up. Pesce made two attempts, and
astonilhed the speclators by the time he re-
mained under water; but in the third, it
is thought he was caught by the whirlpool,
as he never appeared more; and his body
is said to have been found some time aster-
Wards near Taurominum (about thirty miles
distant) it having been observed, that what
is swallowed up by Charybdis is carried
south by the current, and thrown out upon
that coast. On the contrary, nothing
wrecked here was ever carried through the
Straits, or thrown out on the north side of
Sicily, unless we believe what Homer says
of the ship of UlysTes.
We have been again to take a view of
the Straits at this famous whirlpool, and
are more and more convinced, that it musl
be infinitely diminished; indeed, in com-
panion of what it was, almost reduced to
nothing. The sea appeared to have no ex-
G 3 traordinary