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REMARKS RESPECTING THE TIDES
Between Canton, Hongkong, and Macao.
In the absence of complete tide tables, the following table and remarks may be found serviceable.
PLACES.
Latitude North.
Longitude
Time of
Rise of
East of Grwch. high water.
Tide.
hrs. min.
feet.
Macao
22° 11/ 30/113° 32/30
10
10
S
Lankeet
22 41 30
113 38 15
Anunghoy
22 48 15
113 36 30
2
Second Bar Creek
22 58 30
113 32 15
2
15
6 to 8
**
Whampoa
Canton
Lintin
Hongkong
23 5 45 23 7 0 22 24 30 22 21 0
113 24 113 15 113 48 0
0
2
30
0
* 3
50
4 to 5
12
0
8
114 18 0
10
20
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The flood tide, when regular (which is seldom), runs round Cabreta Point towards the town of Macao; but a little outside of the Point it sets along the land to the north, across the bay, until it meets the tide from Capsing-moon (or Kapshui-moon, "the swift water passage "), above Lintin, when it flows in a direct channel towards the Bogue. The velocity of the flood tide in Macao Roads is about 2 miles in the north- east monsoon and moderate weather; but when it blows strong from the northward there is no apparent flood. The ebb then runs at the rate of 3 to 33, and 4 miles when the water is falling by the land. The ebb tide sets out from the town of Macao much in the same way as the flood comes in, with the difference of running a little more to the westward along the shore, before it takes the southerly direction; the latter part of this tide is therefore the best time for boats to start for Lintin or Canton, with a contrary wind, as they then get out far enough to have all the flood to work to the northward with.
The tides at Lintin run north and south, or nearly so. The velocity of the ebb in the north-east monsoon, when blowing strong, is much the same as in Macao Roads; but there is always a perceptible flood of 1 or 13 miles. During the height of the south-west monsoon, the ebb runs at times at the rate of 6 and 63 miles, after heavy rains; at that season the floods are very weak.
CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
MONIES.-Accounts are kept at Canton in taels, mace, candarines, and cash; the tael being divided into 10 mace, 100 candarines or 1,000 cash. There is but one kind used for small payments; it is composed of six parts of copper and four of lead; it is round, marked on one side, and rather raised at the edges, with a square hole in the middle.
A These pieces are commonly carried like beads, on a string of wire. tael of fine silver should be worth 1,000 cash; but, on account of their convenience for common use, their price is sometimes so much raised that only 750 cash are given for the tael.
Foreign coins, however, circulate here, particularly Spanish dollars; and for small change they are cut into very exact proportions, but afterwards weighed: for which
The flood ceases rising at this hour, but the stream in the middle of the river runs up a considerable time longer. Horsburg.
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