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PHYSIOGRAPHY, 



(106) VELOCITY OF THE TIDE IN MILES PER HOUR (V) IN 

 WATER x FATHOMS DEEP. 



(107) COURSE OF THE TIDE TO THE ENGLISH COASTS. 



A high tide leaving the Cape of Good Hope about 1 passes up the 

 Atlantic, reaches the Equator at 6, the Tropic of Cancer at 9, the 

 Azores at 12 ; it stretches from C. Finisterre to Iceland about 3, 

 and is 1 of lat. S.W. of the Land's End about 4. The Northern 

 portion sweeps round the I. of Lewis at 7, and the Orkneys at 8, at 

 11 it reaches Peterhead and Egersund in Norway, at 12.30 Aberdeen 

 and the Naze, at 2 Edinburgh, at 4 Flambro' Head, at 7 Boston, 

 and at 8 30 Great Yarmouth. A second portion passes up St. 

 George's Channel reaching St. David's Head at 6, the Isle of Man 

 at 10, Belfast and Fort Patrick at 11. The Southern portion passes 

 up the English Channel reaching Falmouth and Morlaix at 5, 

 Portland Bill and Cape la Hague at 7, the Isle of Wight and 

 Barfleur at 8, Deal and Calais at 11, Kamsgate and Dunkirk at 12, 

 London Bridge at 2.15, Yarmouth at 3, and the coast of Jutland 

 at 1. 



The highest tide is the third tide or some 36 hours after new and 

 full moon. 



