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GREENLAND VOYAGE. 
quircd to bring vessels in. The usual anchorage 
is abreast of the upper houses in the village of* 
The Kern, about three miles up the Loch, where 
the ground is tough, and affords secure fastening- 
in seven fathoms. The best anchorage is-within 
three cables’ length of the eastern shore; the west¬ 
ern part of the Loch being shallow. Small craft 
frequently take shelter at Stranraer, at the head, 
of the bay, and large vessels may bring up above 
the “ Scarbut the outlet from thence is not so 
easy. There is seldom much sea sets in so liigli 
up as The Kern; but the annoyance from the 
tide, which runs two or three knots at the springs, 
is occasionally considerable. The soundings be¬ 
ing regular in the Loch, strangers may beat in 01 - 
out under a favourable tide, guided only by the 
lead, without any particular risk. The deepest 
water lies near the eastern shore; so that large 
ships running into the Loch at low-water, should 
pass within a cable’s length of the Kern Point, 
which is very steep. A bank or “ scar” stretches 
from Kirkholm Point on the west side, a mile and 
a half towards the south-east, and extends about 
two-tliirds across the Loch : a rock lies, a cable’s 
length or more off Fennart, on the east side, and 
another a short distance from the Point of Corse- 
wall, on the west side of the Loch ; but these are 
almost the only dangers. 
