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the natural dam of Fowey Rocks at the 

 northern end of the Florida Reef. 



There is a counter-current in shore which 

 causes much silting and the shifting of the 

 beaches along the gulf coast and also along 

 the east coast of Florida. 



Off Cape Carnaveral the stream is forty 

 miles off shore and thirty miles wide. The 

 Gulf Stream follows the 100 fathom contour 

 line of the coast until it reaches Cape 

 Hatteras, where meeting the so-called Cold 

 Wall or Labrador Current it turns almost 

 due east. 



As it passes New York it is about one 

 hundred and twenty miles off shore, more 

 or less according to the prevalence of 

 westerly or easterly gales. 



The Gulf Stream retains its identity until 

 it reaches a point two hundred miles south- 

 southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, 

 where it divides into two currents. 



The Northeast Current or Drift flows 

 toward the British Isles. The other half, 



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