206 : H. C. RUSSELL. 
Five others in these waters, Nos. 147, 148, 165, 169, and 170, 
made from 9-0 to 10-7 miles per day over distances ranging from 
4,400 to 5,900 miles : these are all very long runs, and they show 
a high velocity not found in the papers reported by me two years 
ago, except in those that were far south. In this paper the 
latitude of the quick moving ones ranges from 37° to 57° south, 
but there are not wanting instances of slower movement in the 
lower latitudes ; for instance, No. 173, starting nearly midway 
between South America and the Cape, made a course nearly due 
east 2,648 miles, landing near the Cape of Good Hope after a 
daily progress of 6°8 miles. 
No. 158 starting in latitude 43° 15’ and i iitbié of the Cape 
of Good Hope, made a course nearly due east, and was found on 
the beach near Cape Otway after a journey of 6,375 miles, at the 
rate of 8-6 miles per day; another, No. 180, thrown into the 
sea a little west of Kerguelen, found its way on to the Chatham 
Islands at the rate of 9:2 miles per day. 
_ One fact may be mentioned which seems to prove that the wind 
has a decided action in the direction of drift: for several months 
in the latter part of 1895 we had very strong and frequent north- 
west winds, and vessels coming from the Cape of Good Hope had 
a similar experience ; during this period the arrival of current 
papers from the south coast of Australia almost ceased, while in 
ordinary weather they arrive very often. From this I infer that 
the north west winds give the current papers a set towards south 
of east, instead of the usual northerly set which brings them oD 
to the south coast of Australia, and that, being thus set to the 
south they passed Tasmania and New Zealand to the great ocean 
beyond, where in all probability they sink owing to the accumul- 
ation of vegetable and other growths on the bottles. 
