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it 26 fathoms. The tide here runs with 
great velocity, and forms at the east end 
a considerable eddy. Some ships be¬ 
longing to the famous Spanish Armada 
were lost on this isle. 
When lying off Fair Isle, we sent the 
men we had got from Shetland ashore in 
the row-boats. 
22d, Passed North Ronaldshaw light 
in the Orkneys. The wind being but 
little, and at S. E. we were drifted by 
the tide down the Murray Frith, or Tuum 
Mstuarium of the Romans, as far as Spey 
Bay. Tacked, and stood in for Kin- 
naird’s Head, the TaizalumPromontorium, 
which, with the north-eastern extremity 
of Caithness, forms this capacious bay. 
July 23, Off Fraserburgh, to which 
we sent letters by a fishing boat. Tack¬ 
ed and stood in for Peterhead, the most 
eastern part of Scotland, and famous for 
its medicinal waters; it is situated about 
30 miles north of Aberdeen. 
