22 6 Captain Anderson on the peculiarity of the tides 
as far as the entrance of the Sleeve. From this last men- 
tioned fact it evidently appears, that the flood tide from the 
westward forms two distinct branches at the Kentish Knock, 
taking different directions ; the smaller of which, consisting 
of the stream of the tide within the Goodwin Sands, takes its 
course W. N. W. up the Queen's Channel, as before stated ; 
whilst the larger, consisting of the stream of tide without the 
Goodwin, continues its course E. N. E. and easterly along the 
Flemish and Dutch coasts, until it is lost near the entrance 
of the Sleeve, in the great body of tide from the northward 
and eastward. 
The opposite tides which meet in the North Sea do not 
meet in a line directly across any part of it, but in a diagonal 
line , extending from the Kentish Knock to the entrance of 
the Sleeve ; where there is no tide, but a strong current, 
which almost always sets from the Jutland to the Norway 
side in the Sleeve ; and which most probably proceeds from 
the eddy, produced by the great body of water coming round 
the Naze of Norway, meeting the remains of the western tide, 
aided by the reaction of the Jutland shore. In fact, there is 
hardly any tide observable between the Horne reef and the 
entrance of the Sleeve. 
The tides thus meeting in a diagonal line in the North 
Sea, gently and gradually blend their waters together, with- 
out causing the least tumultuous appearance, exhibiting 
merely a little foamy rippling, which can be discerned in fine 
weather only, when the general mass of water is perfectly 
smooth. 
To prove farther that this is the nature of the tides in 
this part of the North Sea, let a ship, for instance, sail from 
North Yarmouth, or Harwich, for the Texel or Flushing on 
