Kerguelen’s voyage to the north. 780 is a ridge of rocks about it. There is alfo a good paflage to it between the iilands of Soult-Ronalza, and Burra, but it is very narrow. It is dangerous to attempt it, unlefs with a fure and favourable wind. South of Pomona the tide runs S. E. at new and full, and the difference of high and low water, is twelve feet. The port of Durfound is on theN. E. of Pomona, within Mull-head, the mofl eaftern point, and a league from the W. of the point. Mull-head is a very high and diftin- guifhable land ; it is befides healthy and rugged. There are two rocks to the E., and two others to the N. N. W., but they are very nigh the fhore. The entrance of the port of Durfound is nearly a mile wide ; the middle mult be taken on account of feme rocks under water clofe to land, particularly towards the point to larboard of the entrance. After doubling this point you enter the port, where there is anchorage every where ; but to be belt fheltered velfels lay weft of the point of Neitin, which is that of the {lar- board on entering, where you anchor in five fathoms water. Small velfels go to the N fouth of Durfound, into a creek called Market-bay, where they anchor in three fathoms. Care muft be taken refpedling the height of tide on entering this creek; for in the middle of it there is a bank on which there is no more than five feet depth at low w’ater. Neap and fpring-tides rife twelve feet at Durfound, ordinary tides but eight feet. The port of Kirkwall is north of Pomona ; to get at it by the eaft you mud take the paflage of Stronfalirth, fouth of the ifland Stronfa, and north of Mull-head. You mull near the cape, pafs before Durfound, between the north of Pomona and the fouth of the ifle of Schapinfha, leaving the ifland called Elgarholm to (larboard, and that of Thievef- holm to larboard. As foon as you have paffed the latter ifland fleer S. S. W., to avoid a rock a mile to the N. W. of Thievefholm, on which there is but fix feet at low water. Afterwards fleer S. quarter S. W., to enter the road of Kirkwall, where you anchor in fix or eight fathoms water. You may get nearer the town at the bottom of the bay ; there is better fhelter, but it is not fo eligible a flation to fail from. There is excellent anchorage a league and a half to the weft of Kirkwall, called Monoo’s Bay : but as there are rocks to flarboard and larboard on entering, the middle of the channel muft be kept: it would even be a prudent precaution to take a practifed pilot of the place on board ; they are always to be found. The ifland Roufa is north of Pomona ; it is of fmall extent, but the lands are very high. Between Roufa and Pomona the currents are very violent. Eaft of Roufa is the anchorage called Wire-found : to enter it, coming from the eaft, ■ you muft pafs through Stronfafirth; but inftead of keeping to the fouth of Shapinfha, you muft keep to the north, having the iflands Warms and Grain to flarboard, after which you fleer W. S. W., to have the ifland of Egilfha, and thole of Wire and Roufa, to larboard : it is between Roufa and Egilfha that the anchorage of Wire-found is in fix or feven fathoms water. The entrance of this anchorage is without danger; all that is neceflary is to avoid certain rocks which extend a mile from fhore to the fouth of Egilfha : to clear them it is requifite to keep half a league from the point, and to keep clofe to the ifle of Wire, which has given name to the Sound. To anchor well in Wire- found, you muft keep St. Agnes church in the ifle of Egilfha at N. E. and by E. The tide does not run flrong in this read, which is greatly frequented by fifhermen, who refort ter Iceland. You may get out of Wire-found by a fmall paflage north of the an- chorage, between the ifland of Roufa and the iflet of Stocknefs. In this paflage there are four fathoms water, but it is very narrow. On leaving this pafs you enter Weftra- firth, or the flrait of Weftra: the currents are very violent, particularly at high tides. On going through the canal, attention muft be paid to keeping clofe to Roufa, becaufe towards the middle of it, S. W. of Weftra, there are very dangerous rocks underwater. When defirous of leaving Wire-found towards the weft, keeping the ifles of Wire and 2 Pomona

(1) Band
(2) Band
(3) Saurblað
(4) Saurblað
(5) Blaðsíða 735
(6) Blaðsíða 736
(7) Blaðsíða 737
(8) Blaðsíða 738
(9) Blaðsíða 739
(10) Blaðsíða 740
(11) Blaðsíða 741
(12) Blaðsíða 742
(13) Blaðsíða 743
(14) Blaðsíða 744
(15) Blaðsíða 745
(16) Blaðsíða 746
(17) Blaðsíða 747
(18) Blaðsíða 748
(19) Blaðsíða 749
(20) Blaðsíða 750
(21) Mynd
(22) Mynd
(23) Blaðsíða 751
(24) Blaðsíða 752
(25) Blaðsíða 753
(26) Blaðsíða 754
(27) Blaðsíða 755
(28) Blaðsíða 756
(29) Blaðsíða 757
(30) Blaðsíða 758
(31) Blaðsíða 759
(32) Blaðsíða 760
(33) Blaðsíða 761
(34) Blaðsíða 762
(35) Blaðsíða 763
(36) Blaðsíða 764
(37) Blaðsíða 765
(38) Blaðsíða 766
(39) Blaðsíða 767
(40) Blaðsíða 768
(41) Blaðsíða 769
(42) Blaðsíða 770
(43) Blaðsíða 771
(44) Blaðsíða 772
(45) Blaðsíða 773
(46) Blaðsíða 774
(47) Blaðsíða 775
(48) Blaðsíða 776
(49) Blaðsíða 777
(50) Blaðsíða 778
(51) Blaðsíða 779
(52) Blaðsíða 780
(53) Blaðsíða 781
(54) Blaðsíða 782
(55) Blaðsíða 783
(56) Blaðsíða 784
(57) Blaðsíða 785
(58) Blaðsíða 786
(59) Blaðsíða 787
(60) Blaðsíða 788
(61) Blaðsíða 789
(62) Blaðsíða 790
(63) Blaðsíða 791
(64) Blaðsíða 792
(65) Blaðsíða 793
(66) Blaðsíða 794
(67) Blaðsíða 795
(68) Blaðsíða 796
(69) Blaðsíða 797
(70) Blaðsíða 798
(71) Blaðsíða 799
(72) Blaðsíða 800
(73) Blaðsíða 801
(74) Blaðsíða 802
(75) Blaðsíða 803
(76) Blaðsíða 804
(77) Saurblað
(78) Saurblað
(79) Band
(80) Band
(81) Kjölur
(82) Framsnið
(83) Kvarði
(84) Litaspjald