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cliatka that any great body of water flows towards Behring Strait. In 

 one year the whole amount of current from Petropaulowski to St. 

 Lawrence Island was s. 54°, w. 31 miles, and in the next N. 50°, w. 51 

 miles, and from Kotzebue Sound to Oonemak n. 79°, w. 79 miles. 



" Approaching Behring Strait the first year with light southerly 

 winds, the current ran north 16 miles per diem ; and in the next, 

 with strong south-west winds, north 5 miles; and with a strong 

 north-east wind, N. 34°, w. 23 miles. By this it appears that near 

 the strait, with southerly and easterly winds, there is a current to 

 the northward, and with northerly and north-westerly winds there 

 is none to the southward; consequently the preponderance is in 

 favour of the former. 



" To the north of Behring Strait the northerly current is more 

 apparent. It was first detected off Schischmaroff Inlet ; it increased 

 to between 1 and 2 miles per hour off Cape Krusenstern, and arrived 

 at its maximum 3 miles per hour off Point Hope : this was with 

 the flood ; with the ebb it ran w.s.w. half a mile per hour. 



" Off Icy Cape the current appeared to be influenced by the winds. 

 Near Point Barrow it ran at the rate of 3 miles per hour and 

 upwards to the north-east, and did not subside immediately with 

 the wind ; but the current here must have been accelerated by the 

 pack closing in on the beach. 



" It is a curious fact that the margins of the ice between America 

 and Asia, Europe and Greenland, lie as nearly as possible in the same 

 direction, viz., south-west and north-east, and that the navigation on 

 the west shores is impeded in a much lower latitude than the eastern. 



" Near Icy Cape, south and west winds occasioned high tides ; 

 north and east, low ebbs. The tide rises about 2 feet 6 inches at 

 F. and C, and the flood comes from the southward. 



" From St. Lawrence Island there appears to be a current running 

 to the north of about three-quarters of a mile per hour." 



Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin. — H.M.S. Herald, Captain 

 Kellett, arrived at Petropaulski on August 14th, and at Kotzebu 

 Sound on the 1st of September, where she remained until the 29th. 



The Plover, Commander Moore, left Honolulu on August 25th, 

 reached the island of St. Lawrence on October 13th, went into 

 harbour near Tchutski Ness in lat. 64° 20' and long. 173° 15' w. 

 on the 25th, and was permanently frozen in on November 18th. 



On June 13th a clear lane of water enabled the ship to put to sea, 

 and she arrived at Chamisso Island, Kotzebue Sound, on July 14th. 



The Herald joined the Plover in Kotzebue Sound on July 15th, 

 and in company with the Nancy Dawson (Captain Shedden's yacht), 



