The like vor-
tices in Fer~
roe., „
Ferroe Refe-
rata, capv i.
fËtSffiS'
afööts this ifortex t© irift only Jróïa'jfche v-ieléhce' and. rabidity öf
the daily ebb and flood, Ocêafioned by thè eöntraöion ëf its éoiirfe
bëtwixt the rocks, whertby, in calm weather, bilt mtfeh moré!
wheii the fëa lstou z ed bythe wind, this Moïkóeftrom isï rendered ■
lb dangerous and dreadful, both on aéeount of its found, and the
fiiifeüs èhhicA)n ö f ih mOuntaincfes WaVes.
For ï^-filtiflfatiön 0 this fttangè ph&hontóion, I fliall addSr
deferiptioH of three vörÜêés, eqtially rapid,- lsfoC höt fedttotnlefl-, ‘
here in the north-fea, near the iftaiid óf Fëfroe : WMlffoe late
Rev'. Mr. Lucas Debes, fopèdhïèhdarit thetè Writesof them, deforces
tb be read in his own woids: “ In Faro are three whirlpools,
emfe betwixt the iflands of Vidor, SuMie, 3nd Bord, but here
is no great danger: the feéond ie off the ifland Of Sand, near
DalsHaes ; it is diftinguiftied by the appellation Qhtóie,'lllill5
müï-whèèF, arid fix bloWing weather, or a high tidé, isdangeroUfe;:>
but: the greateft danger Kes in the third, whidh is-,leuthware£ óf’
the Sudèr iflahd, and rui® round Sumboe-munk.
like whirlpools, are not oeeafioned by any extraordinary- abylk, or
fubterraneous cavities, into whieh the water is violently attracted
in thfe time of ebb, and ugain ejected at thc; time of florid j as
fënte imagine the flux and reftöx, osfe# the whole ocean,, tisdrefult
ftom the like caüfësj Am- it this Were the cafe, it Would, not be
attended with tuch a terrible found, a deep bottom making a '
ftill water s but the realéaufo|$p|in the eohiöiïty Of the bóteöör,
interfered With ednals or trenches.
I have made the móft diligent refeareftinto thefe whirlpool^
having been fënt fróró FeiroeWith tWö perfons, deputed wrthpub-
lie powers, to negotiate t e e provincial matters-j and, én t-hik
occafion, One ó f them, John Jóenfèn-, an inhabitant' of Suderoe,
informed me, that he was the firft, who ventured in a rOw^boaton
the fouthern whirlpool, which runs i em Suderoe rOüfta;S«ïnboei-
naunk, and from his own certain and 10Ugexperience,gaV'@ me
thé foöOWing account: Thfe ftream, is in itfolf very dreadful and
dangerous, elpeeially in a ftotra er ftrong tide, it abforbs every
thing near it, and immediately plunges it to the bottom, infomuch
that a large fhip, within its draught, fe foftdlibly fwallowed up. It
is but a few years fince the above-mentioned John Joeafen, about
Ghriftmas, law a large fltfp driven into this flream by a Roan,
B l
fiçftdfc mounted with its ptoW;:fore®foft,b then was reverted with
itsft&fh Uppeanoftj the furf flying ober the maft head ; but in
â Vify ihort tiiSe he few mb more of it. .That expert navigator
Bagge Vakdelg makes mention of this Cortex, adding in particular
éóhUéftting Peter Oddevald, Maftet of a Cdffelpthat both he and
the fllip’s company informed hifefethat thfe flnp was toffed about
in it before he -hadâfiy fenfe'of the danger,*, and inftantly he loft
all pQWër offering- hfer ; that’ die.wat» broke-6n «11 -iîdës into-
«he ^p,'>fl^ffig «|i * tb) the maft head j ! that the fails'vvéré’ of no
fermée to extricate him, the weather being quite c-alrfti T o 1 which
thiinjàftëî ad^d,! Chat hê had never before beert in any danget
Hkê It j but that at ikft God Whg pleafed to help him,- and that
by tië'ÖSn t>f the-tide hu gbt without the draught,- and arrîvéd
fafely at Thbrftiâveii, tlie plâaé of his deftinatoi.
11 löti ^êcördihg to the report of the feid-John JOekfeh, the bot-
tom, fteafiiMs-vptex, liet about dghty or niftety fathoms déép|
O^er whiöh the-ftreâmrüns irrteoth and filent^ after this is another
eirete, dOHipaiftng the vortex; , at the depth of from twenty-five to
diftty,. Or thirty-fivb kthbiiis, and heré' fhö fta, fermented bytltó
ftréâm, begins to be agitated, to attraô, and whirl round; afterwards
the bottom fifesfb-as to be but eight, tengëf twelve:fatht)ms
deep, and fifes hi a winding Gireie,, wluch incféafes gradually in
fe® fpi^jWhidiögs^ on this Ihallow ground, are likewife protuberances
like the erefts oh raöüktaiu#, n # more than efehtfithbrns
deep From theTurface of the Wafer, whereas, the ljiace:beiükèeh is
feem ten tb twelve fathorm deep’ ; and ftence itds,' thatfifliing-
boats which coin© into this unequal bottom, âtej by the ftream cir-
euktiag round thefe rocks, whirled about like a mill-ftcme, with
fueh rapidity, that young perfohs who are.kot Ufed to the wRif?^
ing, grow giddy, aöd lay themfëlves down hi thë bottom erf the.
boat J and befides tós motiön, the béat- likewife undergoes à rotation
round the large fpiral cirele, formed •bythehature of-the
bottom.
In the third plafeeiothere gfe bëtwfet dhefe four fpifal flialibwk,
three canals, or trendhe#, where the fea moves gfently round iii
fmall-circles, and beyckd them, eaftward, vvh^e the iialbws
commence, ij a draught like a fluiee, thro’ Which the ftream is
èarriedv thoV with®, |fe
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