150 
A VOYAGE TO 
[North Coast. 
1802. 
November. 
flood came from N. N. E. ; but according to lieutenant Fowler’s 
remarks on shore, between the 23rd and 27th, ^ was high water 
three hours after the opposite tide had set in ; or about three hours 
and a quarter before the moon came to the meridian. At the Prince 
of Wales’ Islands, and at Coen River, it had also appeared that the 
tide from south-west made high water. The time here happened 
between 8|- h and ii~ h at night, from the 23rd to the 27th; but 
whether high water will always take place at night, as it did at King 
George’s Sound on the South Coast, I cannot be certain. About 
twelve feet was the greatest rise, which I apprehend would be 
diminished to eight, at the neap tides. 
