The Channel Pilot. PT. 1. 2nd- Ed. [With] Suppl. [And] Admiralty Notices to Mariners. PT.2. 4th- Ed. [With] Suppl. [And] Admiralty Notices to Mariners (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...the Ortac, particularly after high water on the shore; and, to the eastward of the Narrows, it veers and sets circuitously round the L'Emprone to the north-westward, and both uniting with the Casquets channel tides, and ultimately with that of the English Channel, again sets to the eastward. The last 2 hours of the south-western stream in the Swinge gradually veers towards the South, as it recedes from the draft of the former passage. The velocity of the north-eastern stream, during the springe, is 7 miles; that of the south-western stream 6 miles per hour. ALDERNEY or AURIGNY ISLAND, is 3J miles long, east and west, and 1 miles wide where broadest, which is near the west end; the highest part is at the base of the windmill; it is here 295 feet above the mean tide level; at the telegraph, the island is about 9feot lower. Alderney may be seen in clear weather at the distance of 22 miles; its eastern extremity bears W.N.W. nearly eight miles from Cape la Hague lighthouse, and E. by S. S. 8 miles from the Casquets. The appearance of the island from a distance is wild and gloomy, nor does its character improve on a nearer view. The southern and western coasts are high precipitous cuffs, intersected by narrow valleys, and fronted by outlying rocks, the most conspicuous among which are the Coque Lihou and Noire Pates groups to the southward, and Les Etacs and Clonques to the westward; the latter are now crowned with a battery which commands the Swinge channel. The northern and eastern sides are much less elevated, and the coast there is formed by a series of bays of sand and gravel, separated from each other by steep projecting points, but with the exception of the small bays, of Braye now enclosed as a harbour of refuge, Plat Saline, and Corbl...