212 E. B. Hunt on the Florida Guif Stream. 
they had to contend with a strong westerly current, the master 
consented to beat up inside the reef, and they reached Key West : 
ind. My 
‘ences the set of the Gulf Stream ; for instance, after a heavy _ 
northeast wind the stream sets to the northeast at a very Zapid 
Tate, and vice versa. Since my residence at Key West, 1 have 
known several vessels to be brought in from the. northwest, 
having got into the Bay of Mexico, when supposing themselves 
east of Cape Florida.” 
1s not known. Its variations are also well estab ed, an 
at a co : 
bank extends above Cape Catoche, that at least a gr tA re 
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