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q Arr. XXVIII.—Lecture on the Gulf Stream, Prepared at the 
] Request of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 
y ence; by A. D. Bacue, Supt. U.S. Coast Survey.* 
. Re be of the Association, at their last meeting, at Spring- 
4 2 made by the officers of the Coast S 
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ted States coast, and no survey of the coast could be complete 
iy for purposes of navigation, without it. Hence the explorations 
‘ oak could be had without interference with the more regular 
_ “Perations of the hydrography. ; 
*, An act of Giaoeas Stik caters to this Survey, requires the 
Immediate presentation of its results to Congress and they have 
therefore been discussed as soon as procured and have been 
siven to the public. . , 
his is the great sea mark of the coast of the United States, 
bot Gulfand Atlantic, and its qualities as hindrances and aids 
~ lavigation require that the navigator should be well informed 
0 regard to it. 
* * Communicated by the Author. 
AM. JOUR. SCL_SECOND SERIES, Vor. XXXI, No. 90.—NOV., 1860. 
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