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Sunday July 17-1910, Forteau.
It rained hard all day and we are bound
for Mrs Flinn's house. At times we hear the fog
horn of Point Ammon at the northeastern
horn of Forteau Bay. Here there is also a
Marconi station.
In the afternoon Tom Kennedy and William
Lynch called to see if they could do anything
for us. They say the boat is rolling far
more than it did with us on last
Monday night. He also learned that one
cut from Beland was thrown out of
his bunk twice last night.
Tomishiel is not so well with an upset
stomach.
Let us hope that the weather will settle
down and forget the wind and rain.
I was told that the tidal currents in the
Chait of Belle Isle is as high as 6 knots per
hour one way and 5-10 knots the other way.
The more rapid flow depends on the weather
and may be either east or west. This is
another dispersion of fumes, the straits is
only 10 to 15 mile wide and yet has the