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  be 
  a 
  much 
  greater 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  salinity 
  of 
  the 
  flood 
  and 
  

   ebb 
  than 
  has 
  been 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  hydrometer. 
  

  

  CUKKENTS. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  set 
  of 
  the 
  currents 
  in 
  the 
  Soimd 
  is 
  north 
  and 
  

   south, 
  following 
  the 
  main 
  channel 
  and 
  diverging 
  slightly 
  

   about 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  the 
  tributaries 
  and 
  straits. 
  

  

  The 
  arrows 
  on 
  the 
  chart 
  show 
  the 
  direction 
  and 
  the 
  letters 
  

   and 
  figures 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  tide 
  and 
  velocity 
  per 
  hour, 
  in 
  miles 
  

   and 
  tenths, 
  at 
  such 
  stations 
  as 
  are 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  record. 
  

  

  The 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  wind 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  eliminated, 
  and 
  ac- 
  

   counts 
  for 
  Jiiany 
  irregularities, 
  both 
  of 
  velocity 
  and 
  direction. 
  

  

  About 
  slack 
  water, 
  especially 
  of 
  the 
  windward 
  tides, 
  thi& 
  

   influence 
  was 
  most 
  apparent. 
  

  

  In 
  Fishing 
  Bay 
  the 
  currents 
  follow 
  the 
  general 
  bend 
  of 
  the- 
  

   shores 
  and 
  channel, 
  setting 
  over 
  the 
  lower 
  portion, 
  on 
  the 
  

   flood, 
  to 
  the 
  northward 
  ; 
  over 
  the 
  middle 
  portion 
  to 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ward 
  and 
  westward, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Fishing 
  Point 
  and 
  above 
  that 
  

   point 
  and 
  over 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  setting 
  to 
  the 
  

   northward 
  and 
  eastward. 
  

  

  The 
  maximum 
  observed 
  velocity 
  of 
  the 
  flood 
  current 
  was 
  

   0,3S 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  

  

  The 
  ebb. 
  in 
  each 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  bay 
  sets 
  in 
  an 
  opposite 
  di- 
  

   rection 
  to 
  the 
  flood. 
  

  

  The 
  currents 
  about 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Were 
  Point 
  

   bed 
  were 
  measured 
  during 
  and 
  after 
  strong 
  northeast 
  winds, 
  

   which 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  set 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  and 
  westward, 
  

   and 
  also 
  for 
  the 
  slight 
  velocity 
  of 
  the 
  ebb, 
  which 
  was 
  only 
  

   0.15 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour, 
  the 
  northeast 
  wind 
  having 
  lasted 
  for 
  

   two 
  days 
  and 
  having 
  driven 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  out 
  of 
  

   Fishing 
  Bay. 
  

  

  Over 
  the 
  Shark's 
  Fin 
  the 
  flood 
  current 
  sets 
  to 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ward 
  and 
  the 
  ebb 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  and 
  eastward, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   latter 
  apparently 
  coming 
  from 
  Hooper's 
  Straits. 
  

  

  Its 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  was 
  0.4 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  The 
  ob- 
  

   servations 
  of 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  flood 
  current 
  made 
  on 
  this, 
  

   bed, 
  were 
  too 
  much 
  influenced 
  by 
  the 
  wind 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  

  

  