﻿THE 
  GULF 
  STREAM 
  MAEMER 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  chart 
  shows 
  that 
  in 
  its 
  first 
  reach 
  the 
  Gulf 
  Stream 
  flows 
  

   between 
  banks 
  like 
  a 
  river, 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  this 
  channel 
  is 
  in 
  two 
  

   respects 
  markedly 
  different 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  river. 
  In 
  a 
  river, 
  as 
  a 
  

   rule, 
  the 
  channel 
  increases 
  in 
  vvddth 
  from 
  head 
  to 
  mouth. 
  But 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  Gulf 
  Stream, 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  just 
  seen, 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  channel 
  decreases 
  

   seawards. 
  Furthermore, 
  a 
  river 
  deepens 
  as 
  it 
  goes 
  seaward; 
  an 
  

   examination 
  of 
  the 
  chart, 
  however, 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  channel 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

  

  