S56 KIRKE NARROW SINGULAR EDDIES. April 1830. 



(23d.) A thick fog confined us at our anchorage till eight, 

 when, having some hopes of the weather clearing, we weighed, 

 and stood for the Narrow, but a continued haze prevented us 

 from entering until after noon. As we approached, no tide 

 could be perceived, and again we were doubtful of our calcu- 

 lations, having expected to find it favourable, however, we 

 steered for the islands. To give a better idea how we were 

 driven about as we tried to approach this Narrow, I have 

 attempted, in the subjoined plan, to show the direction of the 

 currents, and the courses we were carried by the eddies. 



" The wind was light from the north-eastward. Upon our 

 reaching the station marked 1, without having previously 



