14 
THE REV. W. WH EWELL ON THE TIDES OF THE PACIFIC, 
Success Bay, in Strait le Maire, the hour is 4 ; on the east side of Strait le Maire it 
is S'*. It appears also from Captain King’s observations*, that the tide travels in 
the same direction along the coast, that is, to the northward, on the eastern shore of 
Patagonia. This direction appears by Capt. FitzRoy’s Tables'f' to continue as far 
northward as latitude 40°, the wave employing about twelve hours in travelling from 
latitude 50° to 40° south. Along this coast the tides are very large ; at Gallegos 
River, in latitude 52°, they rise forty-six feet. This circumstance might lead us to 
imagine that they are the result of accumulated waves converging from the north as 
well as the south ; and this is probably the case. Yet it is remarkable, especially 
when considered in connection with this view, that in the great estuary of the Plata 
there is no perceptible tide;];. 
I shall not, however, dwell at present upon the tides of the Atlantic, and shall 
proceed to those of the western coast of America. 
Those observations which I now take account of for the first time are marked with 
an asterisk (*), 
West Coast of America (South). 
Lat. S. 
Long. W. 
Tide-hour. 
Greenwich time. 
h m 
h m 
h m 
ft. 
Cape Pillar 
52 46 
5 0 
1 0 
6 0 
Chiloe 
41 52 
4 57 
11 30 
5 0 
6 
King’s Table, p. 15. 
12 30 
12 
Heron, R. B. 
Valdivia 
39 50 
4 56 
11 30 
3 26 
— Piirrly, 
3 30 
*FitzRoy, p. 284. 
Conception 
36 49 
4 53 
10 0 
2 53 
Malaspina. 
Valparaiso 
33 2 
4 45 
9 25 
2 10 
Malaspina. 
9 40 
4 
*Du Petit-Thouars. 
Coquimbo 
29 54 
4 45 
9 20 
2 5 
Remark Books. 
2 0 
*FitzRoy, p. 285. 
Iquique 
20 0 
1 30 
*FitzRoy, p. 285. 
Arica 
18 28 
4 40 
*FitzRoy, p. 285. 
Callao 
12 4 
5 7 
6 15 
Malaspina. 
6 0 
11 7 
*Du Petit-Thouars. 
Payta 
5 3 
5 24 
3 18 
6 
*Du Petit-Thouars. 
Guayaquil. 
Puna Island 
3 27 
5 19 
5 0 
12 
*Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 
Punta Piedra 
3 30 
5 19 
6 10 
10 
*Capt. Kellet. 
Galapagos. 
Charles Island 
1 15 
6 2 
2 10 
8 12 
^FitzRoy, p. 84. 
Chatham Island 
1 0 
5 54 
3 30 
Purdy, E. M. 
He Charles 
3 19 
6 
*Du Petit-Thouars. 
North. 
Cocos 
5 34 
5 15 
2 10 
7 35 
Purdy,E.M.,p.50. Vancouver. 
4 0 
Purdy, E. M., p. 47. Colnett. 
8 0 
^FitzRoy, p. 285. 
Panama 
8 57 
3 20 
Lloyd, Phil. Trans., 1830. 
Panama Bay 
5 18 
4 0 
13 
*Capt. Kellet. 
3 36 
8 54 
15 
*Sir E. Belcher. 
* Sailing Directions, p. 17. f App. p. 66. + FitzRoy, App. p. 280. 
