104 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 
Table showing the height of the barometer for July and August—Continued. 
AUGUST—Continued. 
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(c) Tides and currents.—I had hoped to compile tables that would give definite figures regard- 
ing the tides, but on account of the frequent changes of position and the remarkable complexity of 
the currents near the edge of the banks this was impossible. The first peculiarity one would be 
likely to notice is that the tide runs up the strait much longer and with greater velocity than in 
the opposite direction. In fact, some days there was no tide at all down the strait, but correspond- 
ing to it would be.nearly slack water for seven or eight hours. The tide also, instead of changing 
every six hours, would only do so twice a day. The observations made August 4 will show this. 
The velocity is expressed in the number of feet a chip floated in a minute, and the directions are 
those of the compass. As this varies about 70° toward the west, it will be seen that all the direc- 
tions given are up rather than down the strait. 
Tide August 4, 
Gam.| 7 a.m. 8 a.m. 9am. | 10am. } lam. 12m. lpm, | 2pm. / 8pm. | 4pm. | Sp.m. | 6pm 
NE. NE. NE. NE.xE.| ENE. Be isesen acca Bix Be | ivscncxaes SSE. | SE.xS.;SE.x8., SE. 
Slight.| Gentle. | Moderate. | 169 feet. | 179 feet. | 246 feet. |.......... 168 feet. |.......... 135 feet. | 96 feet. | 90 feet. | 60 feet. 
The greater velocity of the tide running north compared with that going south is probably 
due to the existence of a current on the east side of the strait running up the coast of Greenland. 
The slack water of six or seven hours at a time would then be when the current and tide just bal- 
anced each other. The few icebergs we saw while fishing came from the south. The harbors of 
Holsteinborg and Sukkertoppen are open much earlier than the more southern ones, owing to the 
ice that is brought round Cape Farewell blocking up these latter. The existence of this southern 
ice will be a great barrier to the utilization of the southern fishing banks, making those about 
Sukkertoppen and Holsteinborg the ones most accessible. 
The combining of the tide and current often renders fishing impossible five or six hours at a 
time, but, as the slack water is usually correspondingly long, the loss of time need not be very 
great, for by careful observation the fishermen can time themselves so as to sleep while the tide is 
strong and fish when it is slack water. It must be remembered that in this latitude it is light 
enough in July to work all night without inconvenience. 
The tides and currents are not, however, as simply as the preceding remarks would seem to 
imply. Often a changing of our position a few miles vata bring us into a different combination 
of currents. The banks occasion variations in currénts a few miles apart. The whole coast of 
