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" Soon after flood tide has entered the sound, the sea at this place is violently agitated. It boils, foams, and passes away in successive whirls. The commotion increases till near the fourth hour of flood, when it is most impetuous. The waves are tossed... "
A Geographical and Statistical Description of Scotland: Containing a General ... - Page 286
by James Playfair - 1819
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General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides, Or Western Isles of ...

James MacDonald (A.M.), Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - Agriculture - 1811 - 848 pages
...side. Soon after the flood has entered the sound, the sea at this place appears in great disorder. It boils, foams, and passes away in successive whirls....the fourth hour of flood, when it is most impetuous. It then boils as k were from the bottom, and throws up every thing that is moveable by water. The waves...
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The Edinburgh Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary ..., Volume 5

Edinburgh gazetteer - Atlases - 1822 - 770 pages
...whirlpool called Cor-y-bhrechan, from the name of a Danish prince who perished in that place. Soon after flood tide has entered the sound, the sea at this...tossed up with a great noise that may be heard at twelve miles distance. But, from the middle of tile fifth, till the sixth hour of flood, and in neap-tides...
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The Edinburgh Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary ..., Volume 5

Atlases - 1822 - 782 pages
...whirlpool called Cor-y-bhrechan, from the name of a Danish prince who perished in that place. Soon after flood tide has entered the sound, the sea at this...tossed up with a great noise that may be heard at twelve miles distance. But, from the middle of the fifth, till the sixth hour of flood, and in neap-tides...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 19

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 420 pages
...Cor-y-bhrechan supposed to have derived its name from a Danish prince who perished there. ' Soon after the flood tide has entered the sound the sea at this place...flood, when it is most impetuous. The waves are tossed with a great noise, that may be heard twelve miles distant. But from the middle of the fifth to the...
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The Rev. Dr. John Walker's Report on the Hebrides of 1764 and 1771

John Walker - Travel - 1980 - 274 pages
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