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This edition includes an Afterword by fellow artist Jonah Jones.
Catherine's Point is well known for its tide race, which is enhanced by the bow-
shaped underwater ledge south of St Catherine's Deep. The race not only looks
dramatic but is also dangerous, especially on a flood tide. For example, in 1906
the ...
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The English dialect dictionary
(1) Tide-race, a strong tidal current; also used fig. ; (2) -raiyak, the line of sea-
weed, sticks, Ecc. left by the sea at high-water mark; (3) -ratch, high-water mark. (
1) Gall. She had seen her lover go down in the tide-race of Suliscanna,
CROCKETI' ...
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The sea and its wonders: A companion volume to "The world at ...
The city of Lisbon was nearly swept away, about a hundred years ago, by the tide
-race. I must tell you that the tide-race has nothing to do with the tide. It is one of
those strange events that nobody can account for. WHAT MAKES THE SEA ...
Mrs. Mary (Kirby) Gregg, Elizabeth Kirby, 1871
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The sea and its wonders, by M. and E. Kirby
42 THE TIDE-RACE. The wind dies quite away. There is a dead calm, and the
sea looks like a lake of glass. But on the beach, without any seeming cause,
great waves begin to dash, and foam, and rush forward, as if driven by a
hurricane.
Shallow water makes this tidal race Portland Race in storm before disaster
occurred. especially dangerous. Further to the north there is the Sumburgh Race
that extends out from the southern tip of Shetland. This is just a regular tide race
but in ...
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Steinbeck and the Environment: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Even as he secretly surrenders himself to the tide race, Ethan hopes to shelter his
family and especially his children from its pernicious undertow.9 When he
discovers that honorable mention of his son Allen in a "Why I Love America"
essay ...
Susan F. Beegel, Susan Shillinglaw, Wesley N. Tiffney, 2007
It is a tide-race. And we are carrying no sail but still we go forward.' 'What are we
to do, Captain? Don Miguel looked frightened. His eyes darted fore and aft down
the length of the ship. 'If we have passed over the great reef,' Luis replied calmly ...
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Sailing Directions For The Coasts Of Eastern and Western ...
In passing to leeward of Staten Island, the tide race, which ex- tends for some
distance off Cape St. John, at the N. E. end of the island, must be avoided,
otherwise there exist no dangers. (See note at p. 106, relating to the tide.) The
anchorage ...
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The mysteries of the ocean: From the French of Arthur Mangin
THE TIDE-RACE. 115 idea of the phenomenon — moves forward, impelled by a
resistless force. This murmur grows louder and deeper, and suddenly the whole
wall sweeps past before your eyes, retaining all its solidity and unity, and rolling ...
