TIDIS and CURRENIS. 
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V'Se '''' strongest in those places that are narrowest, 
3 h'‘''ntity of water being, . in this case, driven 
passage. It is often seen, therefore, 
''5' ^ **'*^'^ great force, and considerably 
q '’■''Uu above that part of the ocean through 
^ **1 *haa 
f gS'Vfi f jj^^'ess and narrowness of many parts of tlie 
V '^orlij * ^ peculiarity in the tides of some parts 
ij|.h iljg • for, in many places, incur own seas inpar- 
of "S ”0^ while the moon 
\ 'ittie nf 3od directly over the place, but 
’kt '*■ declined thence. The sea, in this 
\ V 'tc\i °'^®**''-''oted, pursues the moon with what 
trw ‘^‘^os not arrive with all its waters until 
ikl'^''ess f ceased to operate. I..astly, from this 
Hk* St . 3iid from its being obstracted by 
ti’ ®>td ’*■ f^3t the Mediterranean, the 
At!,'^'‘rd- * Black Sea, have not any sensible tides, 
them in a considerable degree. 
15 ^^0 phenomena of the tides, one of the most 
V ®°’tE, peculiar to several rivers ; it is ascrib- 
tvliich were before 
.'^P’ tttid confined within 
expansive, 
a narrow 
being 
space. 
j-r'^PP^tuous rush of waters, accompanies the 
' >» „ 'fie '‘‘f® 'f the Ferret, in Somersetshire, and 
,'^i 
A*'S ?f tlS'’ **to®*' rapid river in England. 
‘t> Prance. It is also one of the peculiarities 
sometimes flows upwards of forty feet, 
h flip 
^greatest known tides is that of tlie Bristcd 
someti 
''e t; j °f the river Indus the water rises thirty 
. tides 
'n the 
Ut, 
fire also remarkably high on the coasts 
straits of Sunda, in the Red Sea, at tlwi 
b t'- fit>S'- Laurence, along tlie coasts of China 
)>^'i(n'**®tkal)i ®P®^fi» find in the gulf of Bengal. The 
'i ' 0 ®f T ^ however, are those at Batsha, in the 
'b ii north latitude. In that 
ht'-i’til find flows once only in twenty-four hours, 
b‘ti,;lir 
- Mie 
fit places there are two tides within that 
>>till : 
'Oil 
' more extraordinaiy, twice in each month, 
'''ll "^fi'er b ■''* equinoctial, there is not any 
*^'”8 Inr some time quite stagnant. These, 
tfilies of the tides there. Sir Isaac Newton, 
