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SEA VOY AGES.•...z-CURRENT UP THE STRAITS. 51terest afa reader l'uns by no means corollary with the leisure of àwl'iter.At aliy rate, sea-voyages are best written by nautical men, forthe cause of science; the sentiments and impressions of others inthe predicament being uSl.lâlly, and natural1y enough, a repetition ofthe wailingsoftedil,ltnandgrievance.But it is worthy of remark whattrivial incidentsinterestu'S i;nreading such narrations, participating aswedo in the impression whichthe ohjects, ·light as they are, make atthe momentnpon the mind of him who observes them.A very frailand crank .boat, manned by a crew of three individualsand descriptions, (a 8paniard, a M·oor, and a renegade,) who employedtheil' ileis'tilretimeintheological discussions, under a very un prornisingsky, was'asituwticm litt~eealctllated to encourage the thought ofmakingexcursions far from home: iand;a quarantineon the little patch ofrockand sand opposite to Tariffa, called by our sailors Parsley-1sland~ratllerinducedthe nlÏnd to brood on immediate sensations.1nquiry and. l'efiection,however,are not to be entil'ely baffied: and as to the 6rst, it ismost strongly asserted by several, in contradiction however, be it obsel'ved,to prohably an equ~l number, that the current does not alwayssetup the Straits in the rniddle of the channel.It is a subject whichhas.afforded matter for many hour8 ofdoughty argument, and will for.nl!~lly!m()re. 1"act$, too, are arrayed on either side in loud and boastfulcompetition.But aUthatisha.Hbe said in the present case i8, thatpeoplc\vho live in,ôn,and by the ohjectso much descanted C.>Il, aqdwhohaNeno intercstin i.t asrnatterofdispnte, declare such to be thecase.Comsnltingthepil1ocess of nature, introducing sornewhat of a l1atio!naleintothebusiness,thismuc>hc.ertain; tlrat a shallower sea underthe same latitude (and this!wil:l operate more fuNy if warmth ofclimate come in ,ai~l)will bave motè evaporationthan the deeper pne:iuul if this evaporation be sostrong as tomore than countervail the11 2