200 Farther observations on the current that often 
the rivers on the coasts of our own Islands ; as those of 
Christ-church, Shoreham, Newhaven, Orford, Yarmouth, Dublin, 
See. The small water-courses prove, equally with the large 
ones, the state of the current. 
It is assumed, on the ground of various notices that the 
author has collected, that along the western side of Ireland, 
occasioned by the prevalence of westerly winds, the prepon- 
derance of the stream is northwards :* that it turns round the 
north end of the Island (or at least, a part of it does,) and 
thence southward, along the eastern coast: probably the 
whole way to Carnsore Point ; but certainly past Dublin. 
The effect of a southerly current, or prevailing southerly 
tide, over the northern, is visible in the present outfall of the 
Liffey ; and still more in the traces of the former one ; pre- 
vious to the erection of the long wall: both having an incli- 
nation to the south. And possibly, the direction of the wall 
has itself occasioned a part of the present difficulty, arising 
on the matter of the pilotage. 
And here I beg leave once more to quote Captain Mead; who, 
speaking from his own experience, says (page n ), “ on the 
“ western Coast of Ireland, off the Shellocks (qu. Skelligs?) 
“ the northern indraught t was not less than four leagues in 
“ twenty-four hours, even in moderate gales. Also, off the 
“ western coast of Lewis Island, I find it stronger than in 
“ soundings, [[that is, more than six or eight miles in the 
“ twenty-four hoursl; and also, off Foul Island, (Shetland) 
“ something weaker than the latter. ” 
Along the south-eastern coast, from the Mizen head, and 
* Articles of various kinds, known to have come from the southward, and south- 
east, are continually casting up in Galway Bay. 
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