490 



CURRENTS AND WHALING. 



Aug. 



21. 



5 



P. M. 



6 



cc 



7 



cc 



8 



CC 



9 



cc 



10 



cc 



11 



cc 



12 



cc 



1 



A. M. 



2 



cc 



3 



cc 



4 



cc 



5 



cc 



6 



cc 



7 



cc 



8 



cc 



9 



cc 



10 



cc 



11 



cc 



12 



M. 



Aug. 



22. 



1 



P. M. 



2 



cc 



3 



cc 



4 



cc 



5 



cc 



6 



cc 



7 



cc 



8 



cc 



9 



cc 



10 



cc 



11 



cc 



12 



cc 



TEMP. OF WATER. 



Aug. 



22. 



83° 



1 



A. M 





83 



2 



cc 





83 



3 



cc 





82 



4 



cc 





81 



5 



cc 





82 



6 



cc 





81 



7 



cc 





80 



8 



cc 





80 



9 



cc 





80 



10 



cc 





80 



11 



cc 





79 



12 



M. 





80 



Aug. 



23. 





80 



1 



P. M. 





81 



2 



cc 





82 



3 



cc 





81 



4 



cc 





81 



5 



cc 





82 



6 



cc 





82 



7 



cc 







8 



cc 





82 



9 



cc 





82 



10 



cc 





80 



11 



cc 





80 



12 



cc 





80 



1 



A.. M. 





80 



2 



cc 





79 



3 



cc 





80 



4 



cc 





81 



5 



cc 





80 



6 



cc 





79 



7 



cc 





79 







TEMP. OP WATER. 

 79° 



79 

 79 

 79 

 79 

 79 

 79 

 79 

 79 

 79 

 79 

 79 



79 



81 

 81 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 79 

 79 

 78 

 78 

 78 

 80 

 79 

 79 

 78 

 77 

 77 



It will thus be seen that the Gulf Stream is somewhat warmer 

 towards its inner edge than it is on the outer. 



The calculations of the run of the ship gave fifty-three miles for 

 the breadth of the stream at the place where we crossed it, namely, 

 on the parallel of 34° 30', and for its velocity about two miles per 

 hour. All navigators, however, are aware of the fact, that both the 

 breadth and velocity of the Gulf Stream vary much, and that it occa- 

 sionally approaches much nearer to the coast than it does at other 

 times. 



The approach of the Gulf Stream to our shores, has been ascribed 



