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  The 
  flood 
  current 
  over 
  Piney 
  Island 
  Bar 
  sets 
  N. 
  N.AV., 
  or 
  

   about 
  in 
  general 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  sound 
  at 
  that 
  point. 
  Its 
  ve- 
  

   locity 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  quarter, 
  during 
  and 
  after 
  northerly 
  breezes, 
  

   was 
  0.1 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  an 
  hour, 
  and 
  probably 
  it 
  is 
  seldom 
  less 
  than 
  

   that. 
  

  

  The 
  ebb 
  current 
  over 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  sets 
  

   S. 
  S.E., 
  but 
  tends 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  over 
  the 
  southern 
  part. 
  

  

  The 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  of 
  the 
  ebb 
  during 
  and 
  after 
  north- 
  

   erly 
  breezes 
  was 
  1.00 
  mile 
  per 
  hour, 
  and 
  the 
  mean 
  of 
  all 
  ob- 
  

   servations, 
  taken 
  under 
  similar 
  circumstances, 
  gives 
  a 
  velocity 
  

   of 
  0.4 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Manokin 
  Kiver 
  the 
  current 
  follows 
  the 
  general 
  trend 
  

   of 
  the 
  channel, 
  the 
  flood 
  setting 
  to 
  the 
  northward 
  until 
  above- 
  

   Hazzard's 
  Point, 
  and 
  then 
  to 
  the 
  northward 
  and 
  eastward. 
  

  

  The 
  ebb 
  sets 
  southwest, 
  and, 
  when 
  it 
  strikes 
  the 
  shoal 
  off 
  

   Piney 
  Island, 
  curves 
  somewhat 
  to 
  the 
  southward. 
  

  

  The 
  currents 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  chart 
  were 
  measured 
  during 
  

   light 
  or 
  gentle 
  northeasterly 
  breezes. 
  

  

  The 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  of 
  the 
  flood 
  was 
  0.4 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  

   hour, 
  and 
  the 
  mean 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  velocities 
  of 
  the 
  flood 
  0.2 
  of 
  a 
  

   mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  

  

  The 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  of 
  the 
  ebb 
  was 
  0.5 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  

   hour, 
  and 
  the 
  mean 
  velocity 
  0.2 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Big 
  Annemessex 
  River 
  the 
  current 
  sets 
  to 
  the 
  east- 
  

   ward 
  on 
  the 
  flood 
  tide, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  on 
  the 
  ebb, 
  curv- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  as 
  it 
  approaches 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  of 
  the 
  flood 
  current 
  was 
  0.4, 
  and 
  

   the 
  mean 
  velocity 
  0.25 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  ebb 
  the 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  was 
  0.5 
  and 
  the 
  mean 
  

   velocity 
  0.33 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  The 
  flood 
  current 
  sets 
  over 
  

   Harris 
  Rock 
  to 
  the 
  northward, 
  with 
  a 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  of 
  

   0.33, 
  and 
  a 
  mean 
  velocity 
  of 
  0.2 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  The 
  

   ebb 
  being 
  somewhat 
  influenced 
  by 
  the 
  current 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  An- 
  

   nemessex 
  and 
  the 
  sweep 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  current 
  of 
  the 
  Sound 
  

   sets 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  and 
  westward, 
  with 
  a 
  mean 
  velocity 
  of 
  

   0.2 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  The 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  observed 
  was 
  

   but 
  a 
  slight 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  mean. 
  

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