356 KIRKE NARROW—SINGULAR EDDIES. April 1830. 
“¢ (23d.) A thick fog confined us at our anchorage till eight, 
when, having some hopes of the weather clearing, we weighed, 
and stood for the Narrow, but a continued haze prevented us 
from entering until after noon. As we approached, no tide 
could be perceived, and again we were doubtful of our calcu- 
lations, having expected to find it favourable, however, we 
steered for the islands. To give a better idea how we were 
driven about as we tried to approach this Narrow, I have 
attempted, in the subjoined plan, to show the direction of the 
currents, and the courses we were carried by the eddies. 
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“ The wind was light from the north-eastward. Upon our 
reaching the station marked 1, without having previously 
