John Trapp on James 3:12

Verſe 12. Both yeeld ſalt water and freſh] That is ſtrange that is reported of the rivers of Peru, that after they have run into the main ſea, yea, ſome write 20 or 30, miles, Abbots his Geog. they keep themſelves unmixt with the ſalt water: ſo that a very great way within the ſea, men may take up as freſh water, as if they were near the land. But that is as ſure as ſtrange that an eye witneſſe reporteth of the Danuby and Sava (two great rivers in Hungary) that their waters meeting mingle no more then water and oyl: Blunts vo[illegible: 1 letter]age. p. 10. ſo that near the middle of the river I have gone in a boat (ſaith mine authour) and taſted of the Danuby, as clear and pure as a well: then putting my hand not an inch further, I have taken of the Sava, as troubled is a ſtreet-channel, taſting the gravel in my teeth. Thus they run 60 miles together, &c.