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CHAPTER XII. 



CONNEXION OF THE SUBJECTS — OPPORTUNITIES AND MEANS OF OBSERVING CUR- 

 RENTS—DISTINCTION BETWEEN STREAMS AND CURRENTS— CURRENTS OF THE NORTH 

 ATLANTIC — LABRADOR STREAM— GULF STREAM — RENNELL CURRENT — SUBMARINE 

 POLAR STREAMS — GUINEA STREAM— EQUATORIAL STREAM— RECAPITULATION — SAR- 

 GASSO SEA — STREAMS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC — BRAZIL STREAM— PATAGONIAN 

 STREAM— SOUTH AFRICAN STREAM — PHENOMENA OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ST. 

 HELENA— POLAR STREAM OFF CAPE HORN— ITS LOW SUBMARINE TEMPERATURE— CHILI 

 STREAM— PHENOMENA AT THE GALLIPAGOS ISLANDS — INDICATION OF SUBMARINE 

 POLAR STREAMS— PHENOMENA AT THE SOCIETY ISLANDS— AT THE SAMOAN GROUP— 

 AT THE FEEJEE GROUP— AUSTRALIAN STREAM — SOUTHERN POLAR STREAM— NEW 

 ZEALAND CURRENTS— CURRENTS BETWEEN TONGA AND FEEJEE — SUDDEN RUSH OF 

 WATERS ON THE POLYNESIAN ISLANDS-SPACE OF VERY ELEVATED TEMPERATURE- 

 PACIFIC EQUATORIAL STREAMS— PHENOMENA OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS-STREAMS 

 OF THE NORTHWEST COAST— JAPAN STREAM— CURRENTS OF THE CHINA SEAS— OF 

 THE EAST COAST OF AFRICA— EQUATORIAL STREAM OF THE INDIAN OCEAN— CUR- 

 RENTS OF THE MALABAR COAST, CHAGOS, AND COMORRO ISLANDS— STREAMS OF THE 

 MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL-EQUATORIAL STREAM OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC— GENERAL 

 VIEW OF THE FACTS— ZONES OF CALMS AND STILL WATERS-SUGGESTIONS IN RELA- 

 TION TO THE THEORY OF CURRENTS— CONNEXION OF THE OCEAN STREAMS WITH 

 THE MIGRATIONS OF THE SPERM WHALE-IMPORTANCE AND EXTENT OF THE WHAL- 

 ING INTEREST— CRUISING-GROUNDS OF SPERM WHALERS — IN THE PACIFIC— IN THE 

 ATLANTIC— IN THE INDIAN OCEAN — DIRECTIONS FOR WHALING IN THE PACIFIC- 

 RELATIVE TO THE DECREASE OF WHALES — RIGHT WHALE FISHERY — DEPRAVED 

 CHARACTER OF THE NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN WHALERS — CASE OF THE 

 AMERICAN WHALE-SHIP ADELINE — RIGHT WHALE FISHERY IN HIGH LATITUDES- 

 EXCITEMENT OF THE FISHERY— SLAUGHTER AND TREATMENT OF THE PRODUCTS 

 — PROFITS OF THE BUSINESS — FREQUENCY OF DISPUTES BETWEEN THE MASTERS 

 AND CREWS — REMEDIES SUGGESTED — PROPOSAL FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE 

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