336 



SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY 



our knowledge of the continental shore of the Strait. Lieutenant Hoppner 

 had just returned from this excursion, an account of which, together with 

 those of Messrs. Crozier and Ross, Avill bring up the narrative of our pro- 

 ceedings to this time. 



MR. CROZIER'S ACCOUNT OF THE TIDES. 



" During the time of our stay at the narrows of the Strait no opportunity 

 was lost of continuing our observations on the tides, an abstract of which is 

 contained in the following Table. By these it will be perceived that in mid- 

 channel the stream constantly set to the eastward from daylight till dark, and 

 that when on the south shore a westerly set was observable, the tide was 

 generally falling. In rowing along the north shore of the narrows, on our 

 return we had a strong westerly set of at least two miles an hour, from 

 thirty minutes after eleven A.M. till thirty minutes after two P.M. on the 3d, 

 during most of which time the tide was ebbing by the shore, and having 

 landed the same evening upon the east end of Liddon Island, we found it 

 high water at seven P.M., being about an hour earlier than the last observed 

 tide in the narrows. 



Tide Table in the Narrows of the Strait of the Fury and Hecla. 





High Water. 



Low Water. 



Rise 

 Tide. 



Fall 

 of 

 Tide. 





Day. 

 1822. 



H.M. 



A.M. 

 P.M. 



H.M. 



A.M. 



or 

 P.M. 



REMARKS, &c. 



Aug. 31. 



6.20 

 6.15 



A.M. 

 P.M. 



0.40 



P.M. 



[ft. in. 

 5.2 



ft. in. 

 5.10 



The stream in mid-channel was setting to the eastward during the 

 whole day. From 4.30 A.M., till 11, an eddy set along the south 

 shore to the westward. About 1 P.M. it began to run to the east- 

 ward, «nd continued to do so the rest of the day. From 6.15 P.M. 

 till 7.10, the water neither rose nor fell by the shore. 



Sept. 1*. 



6.40 



A.M. 



0.50 



P.M. 





T.O 



The stream constantly running to the eastward in mid-channel. 

 An eddy setting to the westward close to the south shore till near 

 noon. At 1 P.M. it again set to the eastward and continued to do 

 so till dark. 



* It was full moon at 6.54 A.M. this day. 



„ 2. 



7.30 



P.M. 



1.30 



P.M. 



8.9 





No eddy nor slack was observed this day, the wind being strong 

 from the westward. The current constantly setting fast to the east- 

 ward ; at about 8 A.M. not less than four miles per hour. 



„ 3. 



about 

 8 



A.M. 











This tide, by the mark on the rocks, rose two inches above that 

 of the preceding evening, being also the highest of any we observed. 



