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parallels of live and ten degrees south, a north-eastward and north- 

 westward set is here and there recorded, in the months of May, 

 June, July, and August ; and to account for the same I may here 

 remark that in May the south-east trade wind is re-established and 

 blows steadily until September. From the southern limit of the 

 Phoenix Group to three degrees north latitude the equatorial 

 stream appears to attain its greatest strength on the track I am 

 asking you to follow, and we find in my records of daily currents 

 such values in miles as the following : — 29, 20, 36, 22, 25, 23, 20, 

 36, 20, 28, 37, 38, 26, 24, 34, 33, 32, 39, 24, 44, 40, 28, 25, 31, 



