When we learn that astronomers for the most part recognize in the tid^ wave a cause which. ” Bat our object at present is less to consider the effects of the great tidal wave of October 6th, than to dwell upon some interesting effjcts and peculiarities of tidal motion. action of October 6th, on which day the effects of the conjunction of the s\1n and moon on October 5th will be most strikingly manifested. We may, therefore, expect that results well worth noting will under any circumstances accompany the tidal. And crawling things and stranded fish showed how far the great sea had retreated within its ordinary bounds. Old anchors were disclosed to view, with the broken cables attached to them, on which the lives of many gallant men had once depended, so that every parted strand seemed the record of a lost life. ” Wrecks of forgotten ships were to be seen half buried in the ooze and sliItf ofa'liottom which had re nained sea.cov. But had they waited tor six hours or so, they would have been well i ewarded for their journey, since at tHe time of low tide the water withdrew far within the usual limits, and stranga sights were revealed to the wondering fishermen who lived along that shore. A few years ago, when a_very high tide was expected on the shores of France, the winds drove back the sea, and many who had come from far inland to witness the great influx of water returned disappointed. For if we do not have a particularly high tide, owing to the influence of the winds being opposed to tie progress of the tidal wave, there will be the equally significant phenomenon of a singular withdrawal ofthe water at the time of low t:de. We know that the moon will be near the equinoctial when new, and also near her perigee and that the combination of these circumstances at a season of the year When the tidal wave raised by the sun is unusually high, must necessarily result in causing a very remarkable tide, even though the winds should be unfavorable. Every one has satisfied himself why the coming spring tide will be higher than usual. ” The approach of one of the highest Tides which the com- binad attraction of the sun and moon can possibly raise has made many of us look up our acquaintance with the laws of Tidal Motion. Tuerefore while we publish this article as a reflex of the doubts entertained by hosts of thinkers on both sides of the Atlantic, we do not on that account commit ourselves to lengthy discussions of the topic in future numbers. Were we to oppose no barriers to tides, they would fill our columns, overwhelm, and sink us. absence has warned us that there is no subject so fertile as tides. In reproducing from the London the following popular article on the tides, we wish it understood that we do not invite a deluge of correspondence upon the subject.
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