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SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY 



our knowlcds^e of the continental shore of the Strait. Lieutenant Hoppner 

 had just returned from this excursion, an account of which, together with 

 those of Messrs. Crozier and Rass, will bring up the narrative of our pro- 



ceedings to this time. 



MR. CROZIER'S ACCOUNT OF THE TIDES. 



" During the time of our stay at the narrows of the Strait no opportunity 

 was lost of continuing our observations on the tides, an abstract of whicli is 

 contained in the following Table. By these it will be perceived tluit in mid- 

 channel the stream constantly set to the eastward from dayliglit till dark, and 

 that when on the south shore a westerly set was observable, the tide was 

 generally falling. In rowing along the north sliorc of the narrows, on our 

 return we had a strong westerly set of at least two miles an hour, from 

 thirty minutes after eleven A.M. till thirty minutes after two P.M. on the 3d, 

 during most of which time the tide was ebbing by the shore, and having 

 landed the same evening upon the east end of Liddon Island, we found it 

 high water at seven P.M., being about an hour earlier than the last observed 

 tide in the narrows. 



