LOW BAROMETER OF ANTARCTIC ZONE. 287 



South latitude Height of the barometer 



Place 



At sea 



Cape of Good Hope and Sydney 



Tasmania 



At sea 



Kerguelen and Auckland Isles 



Falkland Isles 



At sea 



Cape Horn 



At sea 



"We see here a gradual increase of barometric pressure, 

 from the equator to about 30 south latitude, and from 

 this point at first a gradual diminution so that in 



