Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6789

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            <s xml:space="preserve"> Three reasons to prove that there
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            is a passage from the Northwest
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            into the South </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> 1. The tydes in Port Nelson (where S
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            Tho: Button did
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            winter) move constantly. 15, or. 18. foote; which is not
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            found in any Bays Throughout the world but
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            in such seas as lie open att both ends to the mayne
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> 2. Every strong westerne winde did bring into the
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            Harbor where he wintered, so much water, that the
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            Neap-tydes were æquall to the Spring-tydes,
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            notwithstanding that the Harbor was open only to the E. N. </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> 3. In coming out of the harbor, shaping his course,
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            directly North, about, 60, degrees, he found a
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            strong race of a tyde, setting due East & West,
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            which in probabilitie could be noe other thing, than the
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            tyde coming from the West, and retourning from
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            the </s>
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