The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-06
WITH THE RISING TIDE.
B0ATmEN MAKE ALL SNUG WHEN
The AEelR rs At HAND.
Peculiar Swell That 10 a ChsracterIs-
tic Of English River and Really
Has No Counterpart, SO Far
as 10 Known.

"'Ware Aegirl Ware Aegfr.g
The river has been. flowing out to
tho sea for hours. leaving long
atretches OF brown mud glittering In
the light Of the setting sun. 1t is a
calm summer evening and we sit wait
ing and listening on one OF the old
wharyes Of Gainsborough, Lincoln
shire. The CITY is taken uJ by every
boatmaD, who shouts 1t again up
stream--a strange. eerie warning.
Several small boats are now pushing
off into lnidstream to avoid the mass
Of churning water which breaks on the
foreshore. A group Of children add to
the tumult with a shrill cry OF wild
Aegir Wild AeGar.e which they con-
slider much better rendering than
Ware, Aegir.Y according to writer
In the Wide World
BY craning forward we can see 1t
now, rounding bend Of the river by
the sllpyard. The first wave Is big
and smooth, stretching right across
the river with swirl OF angry water
at each side; next follow five or six
big rollers, which roar and foam
along leaving masses OF broken water
In their wake These are called the
"whelps." Presently we shall see the
force Of these ewhelps." when they
reach those big. unwieldly square
nosed which, by the way, are
called "keels." There. is one such
swinging at anchor In midstream just
opposite to US. For the last half hour
the old keelman was lolling about
the deck smoking his clay and look
Ing idly at the water Now he is alert
ell at once, and, knocking the ashes
out Of his pipe, he gives a turn at the
windlass TO tighten the anchor chain
After a glance along the deck to see
that all is secure. he looks back up
the river. He is calculating where the
Aegir will carry him to.
There Is another barge higher up
the river, and as yet nobody has
stirred on board The old man has
noticed II, for he shouts "Ware
Aegir stoney, my lad and a young
fellow jumps up the hatch and runs
to the tller. The distant swish has In
creased toa roar now, and feeling OF
Intense excitement grips us as we see
small boat rise up ON the first wave
and disappear for moment in the
hollow Up again she rises, right into
the froth OF the "whelps.' Another
moment and she Ia through into
calmer water.
See! The billow dashes like
monster tidal wave against wharf
and splashes high up into the air WITT
roar and smother OF white foam
Now II has reached the keel" Witt
a groan and rattle OF chain she rises
to the wave and is carried along with
It, but not very far. for the anchor
holds fast and she swings slowlJ
round The keel Ia broadside on now |
and the creamy "whelpsp dash righ. !
over her deck as she rolls In the
trough Of the waves. but as quickly
as it takes to tell. she swings stem or
to the current. which is now rushing
upstream with tremendous force. ano
viii continue to do so for two hours
or more until high water, when the
water lazily returns toward the sea.
The Aegirs are not all as big az
this onei some are mere swell about
a foot high. The best time to =5e then
Is IN the spring and autumn, when the
equinoctial tides are on the coast
Just below Gainsborough the Aegir Il
seen at its best, as It rushes alons
some OF the longest reaches OF ths
Trent.
This curious tidal phenomenon
only occurs on one Or two other rivers
In this country, the Severn being one
Of them, where It is known as thu
Bore" Those who have seen 1t, how
ever. say that 1t does not equal the
AegIr In any way.
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