' C ’T f .IX T "
hjy iubjed: ^r|ag^.t^^ t laft 1% pf the war*
ren^hb’Ead fegj- in Norway, by the ebb and flood, and by4otJ^ perpefu^cur-
rents j j^e ^notion of the fea by wind?, or by the impplfeoftbe
.epg^ufele$jpf;t^e air, having .j^eady.ia feme $^ftne feefn c»nft-
dered in th,e firft chapter. ;Xhe motion, pf the fea -jis generally
from eaft to weft, tho’ it be pot always apparently;|p to usy, for
the earth,revolving round its axis with a copftant rapidity, and in
an pppoftte direction fforp weft to eaft, apd the water as.a more
lax elements not being capable pf equafl Telocity, but fomewhat
flower in its progreflion,the iurface thereof feems to be in a contrary
and retrograde motion. The motion of the water is inibme
m^afure-influenced fry fhedutj>_bn£ not:foXqph'q. degree
in, the warmer, countries j where its ray? beipgimQre perpendicular,
a<ft with the greater force *.
Another mption in the; fea is, interrupted, '.and jpiyes ydfh the
general ftream, occafioping the water alternately tp riff and fall
within the twenty-four hours, whfnr the flood ^proofed?, from [the
eaft, and the pbb from the weft, and .tfrefe -alternatives fall -^uj:
regularly according to the courfe of fhe moon,$q that, they ~arf
very litflewaried by the fliifting of tfle winds; The greatfft height
of the flood here is eight feet, but muph mpreufuaflyXipm four
to fix, which is far.fhort of the height in the Netherlan^j and.
S i England,the water being checked in the ftrait betwixt Calais and
oifc.Lp.52. ppver, hut living ugpre room to extend itfelf in the north-fea-f .
That this motion, in other riipeqS onepfthe greateft my'fteriea
in nature, is, as to its original caufe dependent on the moon, cany
not weft be controverted: But whence .thisiisdpenpepf}|he.ed!eT
ftial bodies on the waters pf our globe; whether, according to thy
fentiment of the ancients, the rays of the moon Iffye the lea .injr
* Thp cffrpn£: in feaue placesis w xffikab ly and Impetuous, as -where ft
is exfremely %aitened and cpnfii^d^at tlje .ibgttojn.by fedgef of ,i}teys,.;rpqks,or
fand-banks, at a fmall diftance from the ’ihore j and being thus con|ra|i?ci intQ a
narrow chfMjHel^Js sfp difficult to item, that a boat m l either be drawn along by
hands on ihore, ’or wait lbine time till the current abates;’
Jh Mr. Lucas,Debes, in his defcription of the ifland of l ‘a ^ :iS t e s ;{nmethih^
ftrange of a frelhwater-lake near -Famoye, a town on a hill of a middling' height,.
- that it regularly keeps time with the ebbing .and flowing of the fea. -As the imprej*'
lion o f the moon upon otir atmofphere cannot'be ftronger'orTthis frelh Jake than on
gthers, this muft be fuppofed to have a. fubterraneous communication with“ the fea.
through dome valt and extraordinary hiatus.
pregpregnated
withsan iutumefcent or fermenting pow£!r,'by which it
begins to work alternately,‘.with different.f©fe‘es,l like 'new.liquor
in a calk; of whether Defcartesr comes; hearer the truth, in ad-;
vanning, that it is. only the atmoipJaere>Jofrthe''m^b, which-makes*
an impreflion on all fuhlunary bodies.. |©f which patients in certain:
dtfeafo have very fenfible-,expeffenceXbmt>mofMdn thi? fea,: where,
accordingly the impreflion isimoft/bfeieevableiH thisiftiaaft, as it has.
hitherto, been, remain a difficult ^problem even-is pfif-'inquifltive
&gp. And* indeed,. there is no star
great MafterAbuld in this life. abmit us^' as-tbisifoholafs,!r andi
the moft knowing arehuTnjkHce&j ; iqto aftl the ■ arrangements and
operations o f his almighty power and infcputable!^vifdom. L rather
think it were beft to reft in a devout admiration of thefe
things, than to fuhjefl: them to an arrogant and prefumptuous
deciflon.
, S^E C y . X;
T h e re is another kind o f current, or motion o f th e wafer in, thg^Mofcofe.
f ê à u f N orway,- remarkable, and fomqtyhat relativ^ tp the
and'flood, namely the M ale ftrom,> or Moikoeftrom, inMthp ; Ia
degree, in th e province o f Nordland, and the diftriét of Lçfodçn,.,
and near» the ifland Mb&oe,, j b m which ^cqjyeçt tajfie?, jîa»
n^me. -Its violence and roarings exceed'thqfe o £ , a < g f b g in ^ ,
-fluide pe&flt et eläffique, dont nôtre terre eft eavhianSe, vSk&fafSlti&tttikiptei?
liquides,' s’elevd- qu s’abàffer dans.lea endroits, qù dè§îGaüjfq& etranger^ dçtruiflèht,
Pe^roBB cftWMpK|raf? ; mgl^î ;®^5 i§8nl!i8BrSl 4 1 {?uJl5f)n.(:re *
l’air. Le; flux et reflux admiré dç tout teins, maferirCexplielablb’avant Sîèwtcin’ .nbÿsi
fbuj'riit'la refofitiQn. de ce problème.^ Neu5jVqyops,^è|te.er4n,d.e mäße d’e^u*
déüxfc&çtâutes-Ies yingt^èjuatre-bdufbs,letfgAmtfwra‘rake?“ Lu’ j2™LftTm 11T
ayçdefius de nous, ou dans.le poipt opppl%,'î^4®v,kfic pw;ls.Lm4me^^fcÄii|tÄiiiss,
léi'âîêtne tënÂ: *oït suffi .jq^ùj^ÉE
dent le graDd diatnetre paflë par la lune.- Lé folell, qiir'dé
tou|4es jouys deux fois, nôtr,e 'méridien,
grânîaé ;. Le 1 ôn7,.
cours de ces dçux sflres d^us îles ieifts.de la" pleine et de la nouvelle hintfstu^famS-fesi
elevations de la mel$ et aait augmenter de rnerpejl.es> marées myifibjesjde.ï^u:, eg elles» ,
doivenf être plus petites dans les -qtfkdratvft-es1,'
■ font opnofêqs pâtre élley. j^Ellp -font, d’ailleurs propomohées Mleujtx^flan& pltsf euî-
rrîoîns grande de la terrp.-j Et lps declibaifons .de la luge dans de certafae lieux terr--
denc tous, les jours l’une des-deux marées-, tAt dans'Paîiljùe flkris ta indr’pl'dP ^fk'ndé'
quq l’autre.” Biblioth. Raifo'hqep de fan>jfSU6^/p. xxxvti. p» This extrait
from Dt. Mèâd’s treati|efj^)e ImperiQ-Solrsi àc Lunæliaworpôta HtjmanSsq,
is thp nioft: ^ppofité ’,pf any, and Kcasr confirib it byHîe-in®aja!èfe- of a lady Butflately*
dead at Bergen, the calves of whofe legswn the'tjnfpial. bff. .pregnancy, .Iq'^unflually,
fwftlled and abated1 with the ‘efRuhakdreflux pF|he ïe^' tlj'f^ thejSnSoLodé. could
be dtxermined yùthdwt looking towards the fea. tj !
heard