460 



Messrs. Carpenter, Jeffreys, and Thomson [Nov. 18, 



lie in the direct sweep of the Cold current setting from N.E. to S.W., of 

 which Station 64 is nearly in the centre. These accordances are well ex- 

 hibited in Diagram I., the two lower curves of which are constructed from 



Bottom-soundings, brought into connexion with Series 52 and 64 respect 

 tively. — Two intermediate series of Bottom-soundings, of which the parti- 

 culars are given in Table II.. are also shown in this diagram j the peculia- 

 rities of which, when their places are sought out on the Chart, are readily 

 accounted for. Thus Xos. 66, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 79, 82, and 83 all lie 

 along the S.E. bank of the deep channel between the Faroe Islands and the 

 plateau on which the Shetland and Orkney Islands rest ; and the warm 



