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parasitically attached to the floating pumice, such as algae - 
growths, Serpula, or Balanus. Neither of these considera- 
tions are, however, fatal to the theory, as the amount of wear 
is dependent on contact with hard substances floating in the 
water or the amount of attrition suffered on the beach before 
where pumice is supposed to occur. The Antarctic current, 
influenced by the strong westerly winds, takes a north-easterly 
direction, and becomes a wide-spread "drift"; one branch, 
going northward, follows the coast of Western Australia, and 
the other takes an easterly course along the southern shores 
of the continent. 
., from 
the sea." Also under date August 6, 1917, I received 
particulars from Mr. Payne of a “current paper" thrown 
overboard on September 26, 1916, in lat. 40? iT € and 
long. 126° 58’ E. (south of the Great Bight), and was picked 
up 10 miles to the north of Cape Banks on July 26, 1917, the 
8 a westerly turn, forming a large edd 
of the Great Bight, while another section, after 
ne ge oast of T ia, passes h 
. Strait. There 1s probably a neutral zone between 
| currents, one going west and the other going east, an 
