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speed that looked like four knots. Light winds were blowing and 

 all the smaiL craft that left the heads went rapidly to south. 



S.S. Port Pirie, reports that on the 26th March, 1891, in from 

 134° to about 140° east longitude and 45* S. he met with the 

 current setting to the westward instead of the opposite direction, 

 and what was even more remarkable was the high temperature 

 of the sea (quite smooth at the time), the thermometer recording; 

 a temperature of 60° to 65°. Coming round the coast towards. 

 Sydney the Port Pirie met with a current setting to the south- 

 ward like a sluice. Captain Dulling states that in order to save 

 the daylight for arriving he pushed the ship hard. The speed by 

 the engines showed eleven to twelve knots, but the observations 

 proved that all she was doing was from seven and a half to eight 

 knots. Captain Dulling has a theory that the extraordinary 

 temperature just mentioned to the westward of Tasmania, is. 

 probably due to this remarkably strong stream of warm water 

 running to the southward and being carried to the westward 

 round the south coast of Tasmania. Southerly set on east coast 

 by log and observation of three and a half to four knots. 



A correspondent in the Herald of March 29th, 1894, writes : — 

 " It may not be uninteresting and prossibly useful in shipping 

 circles to mention that my boat was moored east from Miss 

 Jenkins's house, Long Reef, one mile off, in seven fathoms, and 

 while watching two yachts passing east of us, the second' yacht 

 came west very suddenly, about 2 p.m., and very shortly after 

 this a body of discoloured water was noticed approaching at 

 a great pace. On this water reaching the boat she bobbed about 

 like a cork in the surf, and it was not long before she was off 

 right in shore, for half a mile, when the kellick fortunately 

 caught and gave the occupants time to think what was to be done 

 to prevent going on to the reef running north from the shore end 

 of Long Reef. Efforts were made to pull up the kellick, and after 

 this sculling as well, to assist in lifting the anchor, but without 

 gaining an inch. Finally, after an hour's holding on, the kellick 

 was slipped, and sculling north as quickly as possible the reef was. 



