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MR. THOMAS CARRICK ON THE 



micl-ocean_, presents an instance of conformity with the law ; 

 for we have 



h. m. 



Fugloe Fiord . . . 1 1 40 



Svinoe Fiord . . . 12 25 



Naalsoe Fiord ... 427 

 Skaapen Fiord (Hes toe) 5 57 



Suderoe Fiord . . 6 28 



Mygenses Fiord . . 9 30 



Fugloe Fiord . . . 1 1 40 



The continent of Africa extends into both hemispheres, 

 and is so grouped in relation to Europe and Asia, that a 

 revolving wave is not to be looked for ; but nevertheless 

 the only segment of coast which is bounded by open ocean 

 conforms to the law, as under :— 





h. m. 



Fernando Po . . . 



3 25 



Niger Hiver . 



3 45 



Cape Coast Castle . 



4- 35 



Cape Palmas . . . 



5 I 



Gallinas River . . 



7 31 



Sierra Leone . . . 



8 47 



Sal, Cape Verd Isles 



9 17 



Cape Blanco . . . 



12 54 



Al Araisch . . . 



I 55 



Tangier 



2 5 



Jerba, near Tunis 



2 26 



The eastern coast of Asia is much masked by groups of 

 large islands, which give to the intervening water-spaces 

 much of the character of inland seas, in which the weaves of 

 opposite shores tend to neutralize each other. No syste- 

 matic progression, therefore, appears at first sight, but 

 rather a tendency to a simultaneous high water over suc- 

 cessive tracts of coast. Nevertheless, if the mean of all 



