On tho following day, 'who n about 8 miles off the southeast end 

 of Wrangcl Island, the current was moasurod with a chip cjid line, and 

 found to bo about three-quarters of a knot per hour in a northeasterly 

 direction (the direction of the coast-lino). During tho night the ice 

 continued to drift to the northward, tho lead in v/hich the COHWIN was 

 at anchor changing its position about 8 miles. On the following morning 

 (August 12) , while at anchor near the shore off the east end of VJrangel 

 Island, the current was observed to bo north l-^- knots per hour. The 

 wind during the 11th and 12th was modera.te from west to southwest. 



August 13, tho vessel's position was determined by observations, 

 and the reckoning brought forward showed a north-northeast current of 

 1 mile per hour for the t¥;onty-f our hours. 



At midnight, August 16, stopping at Point Belcher, tho current was 

 found to be setting along tho coast to the north./ard about 1 milo per 

 hour. The same current was observed a few hours later n.car Point Barrow, 

 The wind during the day was light and variable. /' 



August 17, mcasvired the velocity of the current while at anchor at 

 Point Barrow, and found it to bo l-^ milos per hour, follo",7ing tho di- 

 rection of the land to tho northea.st. During our stay at Point Barrow 

 the wind v/as light and variable, so that it would have but little effeot'- 

 upon the current, 



August 18, got under way from Point Barrow, and steamed to the south- 

 ward, with a strong head current, whieh was no doubt accelerated by a 

 fresh southwest wind. At 7 a.m. the follov/ing day at Point Belcher found 

 the current settiiig to the northeast along the land, but very much de- 

 creased in velocity; the vdnd light southerly, 



From noon August 19 to noon August 20, stearaing to the sowth-jard 

 between Icy Gape and Point Hope, the vessel v"as set to the northv/ard 30 

 miles. 



From 5 p.m. August 20 until meridian of the 21st the current was 

 found to have set 12 miles north by oast one-half east, 



From 4 p*m, August 22 until meridian August 24, in Bering Strait and 

 Sea betweon the Diomedo Islands and Plover Bay, the current set 75 miles 

 to the northward, the wind blowing a fresh gale from south and southeast. 

 Three days later, in returning over this track v/ith a moderate northerly 

 wind, no current was encountered. 



In September the result of our observations in Kotzebue Sound showed 

 a tidal current with a rise and fall of about Z feet. 



On the afternoon of September 14 we passed Cape Prince of Wales 

 about 4 p.m., having a strong northerly current while in the straits, 

 v/hich T/e estimated at 3 knots per hour, 



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