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MR. THOMAS CARRICK ON THE 



h. m. 



Ostend ........ 013 



Flushing 16 



Browershaven 21 



Brielle 2 43 



Rotterdam 3 27 



Texel 6 12 



West Terschelling .... 8 19 



Norderney 10 i 



The Elbe (entrance) . . . . 1 1 24 



Tonning i 25 



Husnm 2 00 



Aggerminde 3 5^ 



Skagen, or the Skaw ... 5 14 



Romsdal Isles_, Norway . . . 10 20 



Lofoten Isles^ Norway . . . 11 4 



Hammerfest, Norway . . . n 36 



There is here a striking contrast between the velocity 

 of the wave along coasts open to the Atlantic Ocean, as 

 compared with the inner coast-lines flanked by the British 

 Islands. Indeed it would not be inadmissible to draw 

 outside those islands a curve grouping all the open At- 

 lantic shores, and then the hours wiirbe as under : — 



Cadiz, Spain .... 

 Belem, Lisbon .... 

 Cape Finisterre, Spain . 

 Ushant, France . . . 

 Bantry Bay, Ireland . 

 Donegal Harbour, Ireland 

 Cape Wrath, Scotland . 

 Balta, Shetland Isles 

 Bomsdal Isles, Norway . 

 Hammerfest, Norway 



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2 



10 



3 



7 



3 



37 



3 



52 



4 



20 



5 



50 



7 



50 



9 



48 



10 



20 



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