THE FRENCH PASS.
The subject of our illustration this week is the " French Pass," a narrow channel between D'Urville Island and the mainland of the Middle Island. It is frequently chosen hy captains of. s'eara V3<sels, as it affords a near cut into Biind Bay on the passage between Picton and Ntlson. Owing to its" extreme narrowness, the tide inslies through with tremendous velocity, causing the channel to resemble the rapids of a river. At some times of tide, there is a fail of about three feet from one end of the channel to the otherr The " Pasa" is only short, and a vessel is only a few seconds in traversing it. A. sensation of alarm is created in the mind* of those unacquainted with the passage through the French Pass, but there is little danger, to be apprehended, and no accident has as yet occuned. Our artist has very faithfully represented the channel and its rushing eddying waters.
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Otago Witness, Issue 659, 16 July 1864, Page 13
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159THE FRENCH PASS. Otago Witness, Issue 659, 16 July 1864, Page 13
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