Memoir concerning the geography of the countries situated on Rio de la Plata, and on the rivers falling into it. [With] Directions for the mouth of Rio de la Plata, by D.P. Bouverie [&c.].

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Page 2 - Cape, or a little to the northward of it, till you get soundings, ;is the current sets to the SW It is better not to make the land north of the Cape : not that I believe there is any absolute danger; but the water in many places is shoal a long way off the land, and would alarm any one not acquainted with that circumstance. " In latitude 33° 27
Page 6 - SSW wind, which blows right into the harbour, and causes a good deal of sea, always occasions the water to rise a fathom or more. " In a long continuance of fine weather, the tides sometimes assume the appearance of regularity : but this is not often the case. They are governed entirely by the winds. The winds from the southward cause the water to run out on the north shore strongest. Fine weather, and a NW wind, make the water lowest. It is usual, in...
Page 6 - ... weather, the tides sometimes assume the appearance of regularity ; but this is not often the case. They are governed entirely by the winds. The winds from the southward cause the water to run out on the North shore strongest. Fine weather, and a NW wind, make the water lowest. It is usual, in Monte Video harbour, to have an anchor to the SE, and another to the SW, and to take one in abaft from the northward ; for the water, forced in by the southerly wind, sometimes rushes out with astonishing...
Page 3 - It is square, with bastions at the angles ; it has three guns in the face, and one in the flank, and stands about a mile from the beach. About 6 leagues NNE from it is a mark set up, as the termination of the (then) Spanish territories.
Page 3 - ... with from 15 to 20 fathoms, sand and clay mixed, you are not far off the land. When you have not seen the land before night, be sure to keep to the northward of the cape by your reckoning, to allow for the current, which sets to the southward. This is the case with the abovementioned North and NE winds ; with South and SW winds the current runs strong the other way.
Page 7 - The Spanish surveys of this bay lay down a sufficient depth •of water for any ship between every part of the island and the main ; however, it cannot be safely entered, but by small vessels, except to the westward ; and you must not go farther in than to bring the NW Point of Goritti to bear SSW J W.
Page 7 - S. by compass, with 4J or 5 fathoms, good strong clay. With southerly winds there is, in the east passage, a heavy swell; and the water, from the ground being uneven, breaks almost the whole way across in bad weather. The Diomede...
Page 2 - South of the house is a bluff point, with a few rocks at the foot, which is remarkable, being different from the rest of the coast, the general character of which is a sandy beach. One cannot fail knowing the Cape by these marks, running down the coast near it. If you are at any distance off, you will not perceive them. The water off Cape St. Mary is shoaler than to the northward.
Page 8 - Ц and 7 faIhoms ; their distance from the island is about three-fourths of a mile. — There are 7 fathoms close to them all round the western side. The watering place is on the main, close by a battery : the stream loses itself in the s.iiiil , except when swollen by heavy rains, and you have to roll your casks about 60 yards over the sand. The water is very good.
Page 7 - In the direct line of the entrance of the Bay, from the westward, is a bed of rocks, where there are parts having only 3 and quarter-less 3 fathoms.

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