Here, ſaid my Authors, he ended his Account, but grew ſo melancholy, and ſo much enamour'd of thoſe Regions he had viſited, that he quite loſt all Reliſh for earthly Pleaſures, till continual Pinings deprived him of his Life; having no Hope of ever deſcending there again, all Deſign of Proſecuting the Diving Project being ſoon after laid aſide.
With the ſame Confidence the Truth of theſe Narratives were aſſerted, did I hear a Sailor proteſt, that it was a common thing, when they were out at Sea, and too far from Shoar for the Voice of any thing on Land to reach their Ears, for them to hear the Bleating of Sheep, the Barking of Dogs, the Howling of Wolves, and the diſtinct Cries of every Beaſt the Land affords.
As nothing is got, by contradicting a fictitious Report, unleſs you can diſprove it by more convincing Arguments than right Reaſon can ſuggeſt, but ill Words, and, perhaps, worſe Uſage; I contented myſelf with laughing at them, within my-
