New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-01
HIGH TIDES IN THE BAY OF FUNDY

From an interesting letter in The Boston Alas,
dated at Peterborough Nova Scotia, we clip the fol-
lowing notice of the remarkable tidal phenomena Of
that region:
One of the most noticeable pecuarities OF all that
portion of Nova Scotia which nss any connection with
tie Bay of Fundy, is the wonderful and neXpicaole
he ht of the toes, which characte suc perVades every
stream srmlet of wat and river that opens into It
from any direction. The wonder of this mighty rise
and fall in some places seventy feet, no one can duly
appreciate until he has Witnessed its phenomena
aud realized all the submity OF the scenes 1t gives
RE to- TIE best idea can give those of my readers
who may never have visited these waters OF the change
that Is Witnessed in the varying extent OF land and
water view hst is presented III any place where the
grea may be Observed III such aplace as farrs-
borou. b. for instance is TO ask them 10 imagine them
selves on the highest point of the sidewalk in Beacon
st in front of The State House, and suppose place
subj, CT TO the tides which rire and tail IN The BASIN OF
the Nil es. Al high water every portion OF land about
them save only the higher parts of Beacon Till.
would be submerged. Al low water the tides wonld
have eded TO their present place at ITS extreme eoO
Great and stupendous Gs this change would seem 10
all who think of il in Imagination, II Il no more thans
observed twice in every twenty four hours al the
beautiful little bay of Partridge Island, aud, indeed,
along the whole OF the Deighboring coast High cliffs,
wide extent of shore, beach and marsh, appear all
around YOU time but at another all are out OF
sight and wide ingulfr sea covers them TO an ex-
tent that would seem ncredi lie II attempted to de-
| scribe il Wide and deep rivers navlgabe to the
largest class of merchant vessels appear at high tide
and take the place of little which, at low water,
YOU can silly wade Such a stream Is Part
ridge leland River, which becomes navgable only al
| high water. 10 a thriving settlement on s bank, two
| miles from its mouth and is much fiequented by the
! loruer class of vessels from Windsor Liverpool, New"
York and Boston an0 yet long before low tide have
| crossed II without wetting my ieet
| strangers who visit ihe.e shores cannot be too
csu-ious how they trust themselves TO take long walks
| along their PERCEPTIONS banks. They must have an
ever constant eye TO the tide and the means OF escape
from IT, b, fore they OF their danger they
find Themselves hemmed in by water perpendicular
wal of rock on every eide. of this kind oc-
CURED ct Peterborough few days before my visit
that well illustrates what mean. mlneralogist who
vse this locality IN search of its taramed mineral
wealth, crystals of ametbysts thezeotes, veins of
opal agate, jasper, etc, paid WHIT 10 Partridge
Isand one Of the best localities in tie neighborhood.
He had been duly warned of the dangers of the place
TINT al high water il was separated by deep gulf
from the main land and that ia wide extent Of rocky
beach wrs covered before high water. Yet intent
upon examining the trt asures laid bare by the recent
fall OF rocky cliff he gave no heed to the approach
of Tie Je, which was approaching him with rse OF
ten feet en- hour, until to his dismay every point OF
egIess from the beach had been covered and the
waters were still rising Above him were the over
hsbging and inaccessible cregs Of Partridge Island,
some three hundred feet in steep perpendicular hight,
all around hm elsewhere the rising waters Of the Bay.
His DULY hope was that the fallen rocks from the cliff
might lot he covered by the tide at least not 10
extent that would wash him from his footh0d upon
them In ths last hope he not disappointed. The
water and His feet were frat wet and then
covered by tie tide but there the lnundat0n paused,
ar then receded. There no wind and conse-
queily DO surf be would have been swept into the
reverse current, which always washes the suores A
week later and there would lave been a depth OF ton
feet where be was stanCng from the spring des which
occurred during my visit to the place. He escaped
Unframed save only with wet feet aud fright that he
Will probably remember the rest OF his days.