CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN. 



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TABLE IV.— Continued. 

 CURRENTS, 



BY THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION, DURING 1838, 39, 40, 41, 42. 



BETWEEN 19° AND 2° N. LATITUDE. 



Date 



latitude 



longitude 



'hip's Head 





Rem k 









Direction. 



Velocity. 







N. 



E. 











1842. 











Miles. 





Jan. 1 . 



19 40 



140 54 



W. 



N. 73° W. 



8 





" 2. 



19 59 



138 08 



W. S. W. 



E. 







" 3. 



19 35 



134 28 



VV. by N. i N. 



N. E. 



3 





" 4. 



20 11 



131 24 



W. i N. 



W. 



9 







20 17 



129 20 





S. 80° W. 



22 





" G. 



20 23 



126 30 



W. 



N. 35° W. 



10 





" 7. 



20 26 



124 28 



W. by S. 



N. 5° E. 



15 





" 8. 



20 10 



121 33 



" 



N. 21° W. 



23 



Bashee Passage. 



" 9. 



19 08 



119 35 



S. 



N. 17° W. 



25 





« 10. 



15 5G 



119 29 



" 









" 12. 













Anchored in Manilla 



" 24, A.M. 



12 03 



121 08 



S. E. by E. 









" " P.M. 



12 13 



120 58 



N. by W. 1 W. 









" 25, A.M. 



12 0G 



12L 09 



S. E. 









" " P.M. 



12 13 



121 21 



N. N. W. 











10 55 



121 51 











" 30. 













Anchored at Caldera. 

 In the Straits of ISasi- 



Feb. 2. 



6 37 



121 12 





S. by E. & 

 N. N. W. 





lan, tides set N.N.W. 

 and S. by W. 



" G. 



G 07 



120 41 



W. i N. 







Anchored at Soung. Off 



" 7. 



7 03 



118 49 



N. W. by W. 



w. s. w. 



3 per hr. 



Soung tidi;s irregular, 

 influenced by winds. 

 Current sets in Feb'y 

 north vv'd and westw'd. 



" 13. 



7 3G 



115 07 



W. 



N. 5° E. 



18 



Anchored near Mang- 



" 14. 



G 50 



112 52 



W. by S. 



N. 



22 



see Islands. 

 Current setting to the 



" 15. 



G 35 



110 30 







13 



W.S.W. G fms.pr.hr. 



" 16. 



5 48 



108 44 



S.W.byW.JW 



W. 



12 



Tide sets S. S. E. and 

 N. W. by N. 



« 17. 



4 50 



106 41 



S. W. 



s. w. 



10 



" 18. 



2 59 



104 45 









Anchored at Singa- 

 pore. 



Straits of Banca. Cur- 

 rent in Straits S.W.J 

 S. 1 mile per hour. 



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