696 



INDEX. 



Porto Rico, 583; Positions, 



86 ; North Coast, 358 



Santo, 45 



Portsmouth, 9 



Portugal, Positions, 33, 



35 ; Winds, 211—212 ; 



Tides, 281 ; Currents, 



313—318, 321, 322 

 Positions, Tables of. 



See Contents. 

 Potomac Soundings, 610 

 Pouchet, Prof., On Cur- 

 rents, 296 

 Predicting Weather, 112, 



118—124 

 Prime Meridian, The, 11 

 Prince Shoal, 610 

 Edward Island, 



Positions, 61, 03 ; Tides, 



282 

 Princes Island, Positions, 



41 

 Princess Elizabeth Shoal, 



606, 608 

 Pronk Rocks, 576, 611 

 Providence Channels, 536 



—537 

 Pryce Shoal, 611 

 Purchas, Capt., Surveys, 



38 

 Purdy, Mr. John, Chart 



of the Atlantic Ocean, 



2 



Quaqua Coast, Winds on 



the, 160 

 Quebec Observatory, 59, 



62—63 



Race, Cape, Ice, 442 

 Rainfall, Liverpool, 206 

 Ramigeau's Vigia, 611 

 Redfield, Mr. W. C, On 

 Cyclonic Theory of the 

 Winds, 112 ; On Storms 

 of the American Coast, 

 217 ; On Hurricanes, 

 225 ; On the Arctic 

 Current, 434^85 ; On 

 Ice, 448, 452 

 Recueral Shoal, 604, 611 

 Reid, Col. Sir W. On the 

 Law of Storms, 112, 

 217, 242 ; On Winds at 

 the Bermuda Islands, 

 588 

 Rennell, Major, On the 

 African Monsoons 157 ; 

 On Currents, 294, 303 ; 

 On North African Cur- 

 rent, 320 : On the Gulf 

 Stream, 336, 374, 390, 

 419 ; On Wind as a 

 Cause of Ocean Cur- 

 rents, 379 ; On Passage 

 to England from the 

 West Indies, 515 



Rennell's Current, 301 

 — 312. (354) Origin in 

 Bay of Biscay. (255)Not 

 a Permanent Stream ; 

 Major Rennell's Infer- 

 ences and Rules. (256) 

 Major Rennell on the 

 Effects of Westerly 

 Winds in Raising the 

 Level of the English 

 Channel. (257) Further 

 Investigations. (258) 

 Experiments by Prince 

 Albert of Monaco. 

 (259) Caution necessary 

 in Approaching Cape 

 Finisterre, with records 

 of disastrous Wrecks in 

 this locality. (260) 

 Drift of Bottles, &c. 

 (261) Estimate of Daily 

 Rate of Inset into the 

 Bay of Biscay. Final 

 Remarks on Arguments 

 and Facts Enumerated. 

 See, also, pages 465-466, 

 470, 472 



Reported Dangers Around 

 Azores Islands, 574, 606 



Revolving Storms, 217 



Rheologv, 430 



Rhoon Rocks, 576, 611 



Richardson, Capt., On the 

 Gulf Stream, 410 



Rink, Dr. il., On Icebergs, 

 443 



Roallon Rocks, 611 



Robinson, Comm. G., On 

 Ice near Newfoundland, 

 441, 442, 446 



Rocas Reef, 496 



Roche Bonne, 597 



Rochette, M. de la. Chart 

 of Atlantic Ocean, 2 



Rodman, Ensign H., On 

 Ice, 441 



Rogers Shoal, 602 



Rollers, West Indies, 356 

 —358 



Romantico Rock, 600, 608 



Romme, M., On Hurri- 

 canes, 217 



Rotary Gales, 217 



Roussin, Baron, Surveys, 

 36, 37, 42 ; On West 

 African Winds and Sea- 

 sons, 161 — 162 ; On the 

 Harmattan, 165 ; On 

 North African Current, 

 323 ; On Passages to 

 and from the Senegal 

 and Gambia, 501 — 503 



Routes — See Passages. 



Rudge, Capt. C. T., On 

 Guinea Current, 330 



Rules for Avoiding Hurri- 

 canes, 232 — 248 



Ryder Shoal, 608 

 Ryk, Admiral, Surveys, 

 24, 26 



Saba, 525 



Sabine, Captain, Survevs, 



43 

 Sabine, General E., On 



Currents, 304 ; On the 



Gulf Stream, 374, 391 

 Sable Island, 63, 65, 438 — 



439, 540 ; Tides, 282 ; 



Currents, 438-439 

 St. Anne Shoals, 570 



— Brandon Island, 582 



— Christopher, 524 



— Esprit Reef, 611 



— Eustatius, 524 



— Francis, Ca{>e, 676 



— George'sChannel, Tides, 

 278, 288 — 289, 467, 470; 

 Sailing Directions, 467 

 — 474, 566 



— lago de Cuba, 533 



— John's Harbour, Ice, 

 442 



— Lawrence, Gulf and 

 River, Positions, 57 — 

 60,62—63; Winds, 213 

 —215 ; Tides, 282, 291 

 — 292 ; Currents, 437 ; 

 Ice, 442 



— Lucia Passage, Cur- 

 rents, 353 



— Martin, 524, 525 



— Mary Bank, 574, 606, 

 608 



— Michael's Island, 571 — 

 573 



— Nicolas Channel, Cur- 

 rents, 354 



— Shot's Bay, 436 



— Thomas Island, Posi- 

 tions, 41, 43 



— Vincent, Currents, 353 



— Vincent Island, 49 

 Sainthill Bank, 599 

 Salinity of Sea-Water, 



642-645 : — Source, 642 ; 

 Constituents, 642 — 645 

 Samana, Cape, 532 

 San Boronbon Island, 582 

 Fernando Observa- 

 tory, 34, 35 



Juan Harbour, 532, 



533 



Roque, Cape, and 



Shoals, 475, 483, 561 



Sands, Commr., On the 

 Gulf Stream. 387 



Santander, Winds, 211 



Santaren Channel, Cur- 

 rents, 354, 400 



Santo Domingo, Positions, 

 84 — 85 



Saona Island, 535 



