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ficial; especially on those who are predisposed to 

 scrofula or pulmonary consumption, or who 'have 

 evinced a peculiar tendency to colds and bronchial 

 affections during the winter months. In such cases, 

 the physical energies usually undergo a rapid and 

 marked change, resulting in permanent good health. 

 I believe that immigrants of this •description, by 

 observing common prudence in their mode of living, 

 might, with perfect safety, and with every prospect 

 of improved health, engage as farmers in the islands 

 generally. 



The effects of the Gulf Stream on the climate of 

 Bermuda are very manifest. This powerful current, 

 after rising under the tropic, and flowing from the 

 Gulf of Mexico through the Straits of Bahama, 

 runs in a north-easterly direction along the American 

 coast, washing the Great Baiik of Newfoundland, and, 

 after flowing upwards of 3,000 miles, finally reaches 

 the Azores, and even the Bay of Biscay. The tem- 

 perature of the water of this current is 8° above 

 that of the surrounding sea at the Great Bank, and 

 5° above the temperature of the sea at the Azores. 

 Rennel estimates the dimensions of the current and 

 the tract that receives it at 2,000 miles in length, 

 and 350 in breadth. Both are marked by the sea- 

 weed, and are well known to mariners. By this 



