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-SUB- 

 MARINE POLAR STREAMS-GUINEA STREAM — EQUATORIAL STREAM — RECAPITULA- 

 TION — SARGASSO SEA — STREAMS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC — BRAZIL STREAM — 

 PATAGONIAN STREAM— SOUTH AFRICAN STREAM— PHENOMENA OF THE NEIGHBOUR- 

 HOOD OF ST. HELENA — POLAR STREAM OFF CAPE HORN — ITS LOW SUBMARINE 

 TEMPERATURE— CHILI STREAM — PHENOMENA AT THE GALLIPAGOS ISLANDS— INDI- 

 CATION 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 CO AST- JAPAN STREAM— CUR- 

 RENTS OF THE CHINA SEAS — OF THE EAST COAST OF AFRICA — EQUATORIAL 

 STREAM OF THE INDIAN OCEAN — CURRENTS 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 RELATION TO THE THEORY OF CUR- 

 RENTS—CONNEXION OF THE OCEAN STREAMS WITH THE MIGRATIONS OF THE 

 SPERM WHALE— IMPORTANCE AND EXTENT OF THE WHALING 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 ZEA- 

 LAND 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 SUG- 

 GESTED—PROPOSAL FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MORALS AND CONDITION OF 

 THE CREWS. 



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