328 MR. THOMAS CARRICK ON THE 



Omitting the northern coast, on which the tides are 

 small, irregular, and not well determined (this part of the 

 coast being virtually the shore of an inland sea), the hours 

 on the western coast are as under : — 



h. m. 



Panama 8 41 



Payta .... ^ ... . 8 45 



Malabrigo 10 18 



Callao 10 56 



Quilca River 12 50 



Copiapa i 14 



Coquimbo Bay ..... i 54 



Valparaiso 2 18 



Buenos Ayres, La Plata Eiver 3 53 



Part of this circle lies north of the equator, and here, as 

 in most coast-lines, numerous unconformable hours are in- 

 terspersed ; but it is not a little curious to note, that in 

 this instance the unconformable hours, both on the eastern 

 and western coasts, may be mainly resolved into counter 

 waves, conforming to the law of the northern hemisphere. 



The narrow southern prolongation of this continent 

 cannot be included in a circle following the coast-line in a 

 satisfactory manner ; but successive tracts of the coast are 

 traversed by conformable waves as under : — 



li. m. 



Valparaiso 2 18 



Maule River 2 49 



Arauco Bay ..*.... 37 



Valdivia 3 28 



Huafo Island 4 59 



Anna Pink Bay 5 45 



Cape Pillar .......60 



Cape Horn 9 9 



