318 OBSERVATIONS ON THE CURRENTS. 



On the course of the same vessel, from Brest to Brasil, in October, 1821, tha 

 Current had set in the last 24 hours (October 6th), lat. 40^ 24' 36", long. 14' 29' 30", 

 S. 15° E., 20 miles; on the three following days, nearly in the same direction, bub 

 with less than half the strength. In lat. 35^ 20' 50", long. 12° 54' 40", 15 miles 

 S.E. In lat. 33° 54', long. 12° 48', it had set only 6 miles S. 5° E. ; but, on the 

 next day, in 34° 18' 24" N., and 12° 21' W., 25 mUes S. 25° E.; and again in 

 34° 14' 34" N., 12° 13' W., South, 20 miles. Oflf the African coast, lat. 32" 56' 20", 

 long. 13" 16' 20", it had set 32 miles to the S.W., or in a direction nearly parallel 

 with the shore. 



At about 222 miles W. ^ S. from Cape Mondego, on the 9th of June, 1799, 

 M. de Humboldt, in the sloop Pizarro, was on his voyage to the West Indies ; and, 

 on this day, in lat. 39' 50', long. 13" 50', he says that they began to feel the efifecta 

 of the Current setting toward the Strait of Gibraltar, &c. From the parallel of 37' 

 to that of 30°, the vessel was sometimes carried, in twenty-four hours, from 18 to 

 26 miles to the Eastward. The direction of the Current was, at first, E. by S. ; 

 but nearer the strait it became due East, and it assumed a more Southerly direc- 

 tion on the passage towards Tenerife. " Several pilots, who frequent the Canary 

 Islands, have found themselves on the coast of Lanzarote, when they expected to 

 make good their landing on Tenerife." 



Don Vicente Tojino sailed on the 27th of April, 1785, in the Lucia, from Ceidiz, 

 for Mogador, and on the 1st of May, before mid-day, arrived at the last-named 

 port. On the 5th he sailed from it, and on the morning of the 8th anchored again 

 in Cadiz. On his voyage out, he found that the Current, in four days, had set 

 him 21J miles S. 18" E., and on his return S. 49° W., 39 miles. This variation of 

 the Current shows, that the waters throughout all this extent do not always run 

 to the S.E., but that they vary, with the line of coast, to the South-Westward also. 



H.M.S. Pique was once set to the S.E., 98 miles in five days, between Cape 

 Finisterre and Madeira. H.M.S. Raleigh, August, 1826, found the Current from 

 oflf Cape St. Mary, toward the Strait, to set W. 34" S., 26 miles in the twenty-four 

 hours. 



(267.) The following observations on the Currents between the Canary and Cape 

 Verde Islands, are selected from Commander Maury's " Sailing Directions'" 1859, 

 vol. ii. The experience of all the ships whose logs are there recorded, is nearly 

 unanimous in stating the Southerly and Easterly drift. Of course, the vibration 

 of the Trade Winds with the seasons has much to do with the Southern limit of 

 this Southerly set, as wUl be seen below : — 



Ship Jenny Pitts, Captain J. L. Snow, December 27th, 1853, lat. 30° 3' N., long. 

 20^ 0' W., current 8 miles S. by W. ; 28th, 28° 52' N., 18° 10' W., 6 mUes S.S.W. ; 

 30th, 25° 26' N., 18° 26' W., 8 miles S. by E. ; January 1st, 1854, 19" 51' N., 

 22° 55' W., 8 mUes S. by E. ; 2nd, 16^ 42' N., 21° 23' W., 10 miles South ; 3rd. 

 13" 42' N., 22° W., 8 miles South. 



Ship Margaret Mitchell, Captain T. Jameson, January 11th, 1854, lat. 30° 16' N., 

 long. 17° 35' W., 22 miles E. by S. ; 13th, 26" 7' N., long. 20° 24' W., S. 39" W., 14 

 mUes; 14th, 24' 15' N., 20" 11' W., 12 miles E. by S.; 16th, 20° 18' N., 20" 34' W., 

 18 miles S. f W. 



Ship Romance of the Sea, Captain W. W. Henry, February 18th, 1855, lat. 

 30° 10' N., long. 18° 10' W., 1^ knot an hour N.E. ; 19th, 29° 20' N., 19" 0' W., 1^ 

 knot N.E. ; 20th, 26° 0' N., 19" 28' W., 1 knot E.N.E. 



Ship Gloriana, Captain Henry Toynbee, from London to Sydney, April 22nd, 

 1855, 30° 18' N., 19° 20' W., 12i miles S. 5° W. ; 24th, 26° 3' N., 21* 32' W., 8J- 

 miles N. 25° E. ; 25th, 23° 38' N., 22» 60' W., 4^ miles N. 12° W. ; 26th, 20° 37' N., 

 24" 22' W., 6i mUes N. 15» E. ; 27th, 17° 22' N., 26° 4' W., 9^ miles S. 57° W. ; 

 28th, 14° 5' N., 26° 23' W., 16 miles S. 60° W. ; 29th, 11» 12' N., 26" 36' W., 20 

 xniles S. 9° W. 



Ship Resolute, Captaua D. MoKenzie, June 17th, 1864, lat. 29" 54' N., 21' 12' W.» 



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