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  CURKENTS. 
  

  

  Over 
  the 
  Pocomoke 
  beds 
  the 
  general 
  set 
  of 
  the 
  ebb 
  current 
  

   is 
  westerly 
  until 
  it 
  reaches 
  the 
  shoal 
  between 
  and 
  south 
  o^ 
  

   Broad 
  and 
  Apes 
  Hole 
  Creeks, 
  where 
  it 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  

   into 
  the 
  main 
  channel. 
  

  

  The 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  observations 
  of 
  the 
  ebb 
  current 
  were 
  

   made 
  during 
  moderate 
  northeasterly 
  breezes 
  but 
  the 
  direction, 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  but 
  little 
  influenced 
  by 
  them, 
  though 
  the 
  

   strength 
  probably 
  was, 
  as 
  at 
  high 
  and 
  low 
  water 
  by 
  the 
  tide 
  

   tables, 
  when 
  there 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  no 
  perceptible 
  current, 
  

   one 
  was 
  observed 
  of 
  from 
  0,1 
  to 
  0.2 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  an 
  hour. 
  The 
  

   maximum 
  strength 
  observed 
  was 
  0.5 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  

  

  The 
  flood 
  current 
  sets 
  northeast 
  over 
  the 
  beds 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  

   maximum 
  strength 
  of 
  0.5 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour 
  and 
  is 
  but 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  influenced 
  in 
  direction 
  by 
  the 
  wind. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  main 
  channel 
  of 
  the 
  Sound 
  below 
  the 
  Shell 
  Rocks 
  

   and 
  over 
  the 
  Muddy 
  Marsh 
  Rocks, 
  the 
  flood 
  current 
  sets 
  to 
  

   the 
  northward, 
  following 
  the 
  general 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  channel. 
  

  

  The 
  maximum 
  strength 
  of 
  this 
  current, 
  when 
  uninfluenced 
  

   by 
  the 
  wind, 
  was 
  0.45 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  

  

  No 
  observations 
  of 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  ebb 
  current 
  were 
  

   made 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  channel 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  equal, 
  or 
  of 
  

   slightly 
  greater 
  strength, 
  than 
  the 
  flood 
  and 
  sets 
  to 
  the 
  south- 
  

   ward. 
  Over 
  the 
  Bird 
  and 
  Hern 
  Island 
  Rocks 
  the 
  flood 
  cur- 
  

   rent 
  sets 
  to 
  the 
  northward 
  and 
  eastward 
  into 
  Messongo 
  and 
  

   Guilford 
  Creeks, 
  with 
  a 
  maximum 
  velocity, 
  when 
  uninflu- 
  

   enced 
  by 
  the 
  wind, 
  of 
  0.24 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  The 
  ebb 
  sets 
  

   to 
  the 
  southward 
  and 
  westward, 
  curving 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  as 
  

   it 
  becomes 
  influenced 
  by 
  the 
  main 
  current, 
  with 
  a 
  maximum 
  

   velocity 
  of 
  0.4 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  

  

  North 
  of 
  the 
  Guilford 
  Flats 
  the 
  flood 
  sets 
  northeasterly 
  to- 
  

   ward 
  Muddy 
  Creek. 
  The 
  maximum 
  velocity 
  observed 
  during 
  

   light 
  northerly 
  breezes 
  was 
  0.3 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  per 
  hour. 
  South 
  of 
  

   the 
  Guilford 
  Flats 
  the 
  current 
  follows 
  the 
  general 
  direction 
  

   of 
  the 
  channel, 
  the 
  flood 
  having 
  a 
  tendency 
  towards 
  Hunting- 
  

   Creek, 
  where 
  the 
  channel 
  into 
  Guilford 
  Creek 
  joins 
  the 
  latter^ 
  

  

  