The Maelstrom Is A Reality

So many mio-retotra tales have been told of the Narwegian maelstrom iiuu sevral writecs, even oí geognegtácal workg, have prooooDced it enöreiy myüucai. But the Whirlpool is reality , and from surveys has betxme well known. It is on the Norway coast to thftaonth of thO. Loffoden isfee, nd rnns betveen a sniall island called Maskenes and a rocky islet. The depth af the waterin the Btraits is aboot 130 feet, wbile jnstoctside a 1,200 foot liae wül scarcely taoch bottom, And the strong carrents rashing in and oat of the fiords créate nofc önly the maelstrom, or tmll stream, but numbers of other whirlpools that reader navipration exceeüingly US. The stradt of the maelstrom is perf ecty calm at ebb or at flood tide, bot with he rising or the falling of the tide, or when a high wind is blowing or a Btorm raging, the waters driven in from the ocean find their way out again throngh he strait with such mighty violence that o ship can pass throngh the eddies. 'here is little downward soctian, as Is commonly supposed, the danger being lat the vessel will become unmanageble and be driven on the rocks. It is said that whales have been found in the vicinity with their heads completely rushed in, having been caught in the cnrrent and dashed against the clifñs. Tie Norwegian government has snreyed the maelstrom and warned all avigators against its dangers.