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  Over 
  the 
  Terrapin 
  Sands 
  the 
  flood 
  sets 
  northwest, 
  with 
  a 
  

   maximum 
  velocity 
  of 
  0.9 
  and 
  a 
  mean 
  velocity 
  of 
  O.T 
  of 
  a 
  

   mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  The 
  ebb 
  sets 
  southeast 
  until 
  near 
  the 
  buoy 
  

   marking 
  the 
  shoal, 
  where 
  it 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  southward. 
  Its 
  

   maximum 
  velocity 
  was 
  1.0 
  mile, 
  and 
  its 
  mean 
  velocity 
  0.9 
  

   of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  The 
  currents 
  over 
  the 
  Terrapin 
  Sands 
  

   were 
  measured 
  during 
  spring 
  tides, 
  and 
  after 
  light 
  breezes 
  

   and 
  calms 
  had 
  prevailed 
  for 
  several 
  days. 
  Over 
  the 
  Woman's 
  

   Marsh 
  Rocks 
  the 
  flood 
  sets 
  about 
  N. 
  N.W., 
  until 
  in 
  the 
  vi- 
  

   cinity 
  of 
  Horse 
  Hammock, 
  where 
  it 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  northward 
  

   and 
  eastward. 
  The 
  ebb 
  sets 
  S. 
  S.W. 
  over 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  bed, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  and 
  eastward 
  over 
  the 
  lower. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  set 
  in 
  and 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  opening 
  between 
  Tan- 
  

   gier 
  and 
  Smith's 
  Islands. 
  

  

  The 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  of 
  the 
  flood 
  was 
  0.7, 
  and 
  the 
  mean 
  

   velocity 
  0.6 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  The 
  velocity 
  of 
  the 
  ebb 
  was, 
  

   maximum 
  0.8, 
  and 
  mean 
  0.4 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  These 
  cur- 
  

   rents 
  were 
  also 
  measured 
  during 
  spring 
  tides. 
  

  

  Alonff 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Sound, 
  below 
  Jane's 
  Island 
  

   Light, 
  and 
  over 
  the 
  several 
  beds 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  edge 
  

   of 
  the 
  channel, 
  the 
  general 
  set 
  of 
  the 
  current 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ward 
  on 
  the 
  flood 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  on 
  the 
  ebb. 
  The 
  flood 
  

   sets 
  a 
  little 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  or 
  westward 
  of 
  north 
  as 
  the 
  chan- 
  

   nel 
  changes 
  in 
  direction, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   Great 
  Rock 
  sets 
  strongly 
  to 
  the 
  northward 
  and 
  eastward 
  into 
  

   the 
  Little 
  Annemessex. 
  The 
  ebb 
  current 
  out 
  of 
  that 
  river 
  

   forms 
  a 
  strong 
  tide 
  rip 
  where 
  it 
  joins 
  the 
  main 
  current 
  due 
  east 
  

   of 
  Jane's 
  Island 
  Light 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  

   off 
  that 
  light. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  set 
  of 
  the 
  ebb 
  is 
  the 
  reverse 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  flood, 
  

   and 
  both 
  currents 
  follow 
  the 
  trend 
  of 
  the 
  channel. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  Thoroughfare, 
  opposite 
  the 
  California 
  Rock, 
  

   the 
  flood 
  sets 
  east 
  into 
  Pocomoke 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  quarters, 
  

   and 
  west 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  quarter. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  ebb 
  the 
  set 
  is 
  westward 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  and 
  east- 
  

   ward 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  quarter, 
  and 
  this 
  irregularity 
  is 
  communi- 
  

   cated, 
  to 
  some 
  extent, 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  over 
  the 
  California 
  Rock. 
  

  

  The 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  of 
  the 
  flood 
  current 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  

  

  