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Cornwall and Scilly.
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Flood, and continues 'till two Hours Ebb; and ſets nearly the ſame through the Weſtern Necks and Rocks, as far as the Biſhop, to the northward of which Rock is met the Harbour Tide in the next Sound.

New Grimſby

Is a Road, or ſmall Cove, between the Iſland of Treſco, and that of Bryer. To ſail in, keep your Starboard Head Land cloſe aboard, to avoid the Rocks on the Larboard, called the Kettle. When you are within the Caſtle, anchor near Hangman's Iſland, where it is five, or ſix, or ſeven Fathom at low Water. Here the Tide ſets in from the Northward an Hour and an half at low Water; then it ſets out three Hours; and again changes and ſets in four Hours and an half, 'till half Ebb: Then it ſets out three Hours 'till low Water. But, between Sampſon and Bryer, it ſets in eight Hours from the Weſtward, from low Water 'till two Hours Ebb; then it runs out to the Weſtward 'till low Water.

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