566 SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS ON WINDS. ETC. 



The ENGLISH CHANNEL is amply described in the Sailing Direc- 

 tions for the same ; and on pages 462 to 467, anie, are given some useful 

 remarks as to its general navigation. 



ST. GEORGE'S CHANNEL.— On pages 467—474 are given some 

 general instructions for sailing up and down this channel, which must 

 suffice. One especial point requires every attention, and that is the set 

 of the tides. In pages 288 — 289 are given the general features of these 

 currents, which, being neglected, have led to several deplorable accidents 

 on the banks ofE the S.E. coast of Ireland. It is therefore most earnestly 

 recommended to the sailor to pay every attention to this subject. 



The COAST of FRANCE.— In the upper part of the English Channel 

 the coast of France is a part to be avoided by passing ships. Upon it all 

 the power of the tides and waves which traverse the Channel from West 

 to East seems to be expended. Its shores are the depository of all the 

 matter washed and worn ofE from the shores to the westward, and the 

 light drifting sand, of which they are composed, invades all its harbours. 

 This is explained in the English Channel Directory ; and in pages 285-286, 

 ante, there are some remarks upon the Tidal Streams, which are very 

 peculiar here, and require very much attention. 



The BAY of BISCAY. — In former pages, when the best routes to the 

 southward were considered, the indraught into the Bay of Biscay was 

 especially mentioned as a tendency to be avoided (see pages 301 — 312, 

 479, &c.), and must be most carefully considered. Commanders and 

 other officers of vessels are earnestly advised to exercise the strictest 

 vigilance when making the N.W. extremity of the Spanish Peninsula from 

 the North, taking warning from the numerous disastrous casualties 

 which have occurred here, as recorded previously in pages 308 — 309. 



COAST of MOROCCO.— Caution.— The following notice, by the 

 British Consul, must be borne in mind by all frequenting this coast : — 



In consequence of several boats' crews having landed from shippmg of 

 various nations, on the open coast of Morocco, or West Barbary, in search, 

 it is supposed, of water or other provisions, the Moorish authorities are 

 desirous that all persons be cautioned that it is not only against the law 

 of this land, and against the sanitary regulations, to land on any part of 

 this coast, in places where there is not a port for its reception ; but that, 

 in consequence of the strict injunctions given to the people of this country 

 by their government to prevent any person whatever from setting foot 

 on land, or approaching near to it on the open coast, the lives of those 

 who infringe the laws in this respect are exposed to danger. 



Commanders and masters of vessels should, therefore, not venture, 

 upon any account, to land, or to allow any person under their care or 

 orders to land, or approach within gun-shot of the coast, excepting within 

 the well-known ports. «? 



The danger, even at the present day, of falling into the hands of the 

 Moors and Arabs, must not be lightly overlooked. In September, 1889, 

 a Spanish barque drove ashore near Alhucemas, on the Mediterranean 

 coast of Morocco ; the natives at once attacked and pillaged the vessel, 

 carrying ofi the crew as prisoners. Various tribes along the Morocco 

 coast appear to be quite beyond the control of the Sultan. Their practice 



