as the former, which they aſſured me was atteſted by a whole Ship's Crew, and happened in the Memory of ſome then living.
There was about ſome forty or fifty Years ſince a Project ſet on foot, for ſearching for Treaſures in the Sea; accordingly Veſſels were got ready, and Machines made of Glaſs, and caſed with a thick tough Leather, to let the Perſon down, who was to dive for the (in my Opinion, dearly purchaſed) Wealth. One of theſe Ships happening to ſail near the Iſle of Man, and having heard that great Perſons had formerly taken Refuge there, imagined there could not be a more likely Part of the Ocean to afford the Gain they were then in ſearch of, than this. They, therefore, let down the Machine, and in it, the Perſon who had undertaken to go on this Expedition; they let it down by a vaſt Length of Rope, but he ſtill plucking it, which was the Sign for thoſe above to encreaſe the Quantity, they continued to do ſo, till they knew he muſt be deſcended an infinite Number of Fathoms. In fine, he gave the Signal ſo long, that, at laſt, they found themſelves
