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DireSiions for the ufe of the folJowingTide-Tabk^fent 
by J. F. M. R. & R. S, S. to tht FuUiJfjer. 
T ¥Aving found my two laft years Tide Tables 
very agreeable to Experience. I here pre- 
lent vou with another for the year enfiiing made 
by the fame Theory and Numbers, Imuft only 
defire thofe that ufe it, to note. 
That when , by reafon of long droughts in Sum- 
mer, or contin ualhard Frofts in Winter, the frelli 
Waters are low , as alio when the winds blow 
hard at N. orN, W. the Tides may holdup lon- 
ger than the timesiliew'd in the Table* 
But when the contrary winds blow hard , or 
by reafon of great Rains the Freflies are in- 
creafed, they hold not out fo long: yet have I 
very rarely found the difference more than half an 
hour. 
I find by enquiry made amongft our moft expe- 
rienced Seamen, that the high Waters of our En- 
glilli and Neighbour Ports keep a good correfpon- 
dence withthefe of the River of Thames ; Having 
therefore inftrufted my ieifthe belt 1 could by con- 
ference withthem^ I have made the following Ta- 
ble of Reduftion^ whereby the Tide Table may 
^ be 
