540 



PHYSICAL CONDITIONS FROM START POINT TO PORTLAND. 



I. SAMPLES OF THE BOTTOM-SOIL, SHOWING THE PROPORTIONS OF THE 

 DIFFERENT KINDS OF SAND. 



SAMPLES. 



Note. — I am nuicli indebted to Mr. R. H. Worth for kindly working out Samples II. to VIII. 



II. GROUND WHERE SAMPLES WERE OBTAINED AND AVERAGE 



CONDITION OF SAMPLES. 



No. Ground, Depth, and Date. Average. 



I. Close to Skerries Buoy on inner side; 11^ fathoms; January 30, 



1902 . . . . ... 6-22 



II. Close to Skerries Buoy on inner side, after easterly gale ; 12| 



fathoms ; February 4, 1902 . . . . . 5-83 



III. Close to Skerries Buoy on outer side ; 15 fathoms ; February 4, 1902 5-686 



IV. On line Skerries Buoy to Start Lighthouse (| mile); 10 fathoms; 



February 4, 1902 . . . . . . 5 923 



V. On line Skerries Buoy to Lighthouse (half-way) ; 10 fathoms ; 



February 4, 1902 . . . ... 4-760 



VI. South-west corner of Skerries Bank, opposite Hallsands, on line 



Buoy to Lighthouse ; 10 fathoms ; February 4, 1902 . . 6-049 



VII. Midway between Hallsands and Beesands (i mile offshore) ; 9^ 



fathoms ; February 4, 1902 . . . . . 686 



VIII. Off Torcross (2 miles) ; 7^ fathoms ; February 4, 1902 . . . 6-274 



IX. On line Skerries Buoy to Lighthouse (| mile) ; 16 fathoms ; Feb- 

 ruary 4, 1902 . . . ... 5-513 



X. Four miles off Berry Head (E. ^ S.) ; 24 fatlioms ; April 16, 1902 . 682 



