CHAPTER XII. 



CONTENTS. 



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 

 MORALS AND CONDITION OF THE CREWS. 



