XXIV 

 THE GULF STREAM 



THE Gulf Stream has always seemed to 

 me to be one of the greatest phenomena of 

 nature as well as one of its greatest blessings. 



I have fished along its edge for many 

 winters and it has never ceased to be of 

 consuming mystery and interest. 



The beauty of its waters so easily dis- 

 tinguishable from the surrounding sea, its 

 incessant flow in the one direction, the 

 curious plant and fish life that it brings 

 from the tropics and the warmth and life- 

 giving properties that it distributes so 

 generously among the Keys of Florida 

 always inspire me with wonder. 



Most people have vague and strange 



ideas as to the cause of this ever-moving 



stream. They do not seem to know that 



the Gulf Stream gets its initial impetus from 



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