To the Baitur of the Sint,—One or tivo people have spoken to me about tides with reference to the fangehow Bore, in consequence of my wing written to you lst year on the derstand that those who went to see the bore last year were somewhat. disappointed. This may have ocearred from their having expected too much, or from their nut having seen the best here of the series, or on the other hand it is just possible that there may be " point beyond which the height of tide may interfere with the bore, and while the rise of water is greater the bore may advance in a way that is less impressive than witha smaller tions of Captain Moore, R.N., however, did not bring to light any facts Supporting such a theory, and the pro-Uability is that if the best September here last year fell short of being a record bore, the failure arose from accidental cireumstances not likely to occur again.
The high tide to which I drew attention last year undoubtedly did occur, and there is every probability of the September tides Lthis year being equally high, some of the elements being indeed more favourable on this occasion than on the last. If one has select single bore, probably the bore occurring soon after midnight between the 10th and 11th September will be the best, but the best bore I have ever seen was the first bore occurring after full moon, which on this occasion will be the bore of the night between the 9thand 10th September. The roar of this bore should be heard about 11.30 p.m, on the 9th, and it should pass Maining about 20 minutes after midnight, the moon being full and on the meridian, The day bore on the 10th will pass between half-past 12 and a-quarter to one, and the night bore about one o'clock on the morning of the 11th. The bore of the 11th and the night between the 1th and 12th should also be good, but I would strongly advise anyone wishing to see the phenomenon to beat Haining on the evening of the 9th September. The next best bores will be those about the 9th of October.
OF course, there are bores to be seen at every spring tide. There will be one about midnight between the lath and 16th April, and others probably a little higher 12 and 25 hours afterwards, but this series will consist of very low bores. The bore of the 30th April may be fair but as that series occurs at new moon the night bores cannot be seen, and generally the bores from now till September promise to be under the average, trip, however, is a pleasant one and the sight worth seeing, even when the bore is only a few foet hi Tam, ete., G. dautes Morrisox. Tth April.
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