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149' 9' W., its velocity was 3 miles per hour S. 76 c W.; thence to lat. 2 C 10' N., 
long. 149° 34' W., its velocity was 4 miles per hour; thence to lat. 1° 0' N., long. 
150° 30' W., its velocity was 3 miles per hour S. 85° W.; thence to lat. 0° 25' N., long. 
151° W., its velocity was 2^ miles per hour ; thence to lat. 0° 33' S., long. 151° 32' W., 
its velocity was If miles per hour S. 81° W.; and then it gradually decreased. 
Anemometer observations were taken whenever sounding or trawling operations were 
in progress, and the following table shows the results obtained : — 
Date. 
1875. 
Station. 
Velocity of wind in 
miles per hour. 
Force of wind by 
Beaufort’s scale, as 
noted in log. 
August 20 
262 
15 
2 to 3, mean 2J 
„ 21 
263 
16 
2 to 3, mean 2J 
„ 23 
264 
18 
3 
„ 25 
265 
6 
1 to 2, mean 1| 
„ 26 
266 
10 
2 to 3, mean 2£ 
„ 28 ' 
267 
5 
1 
„ 28 
267 
9 
0 to 1, mean -|- 
., 30 
268 
12 
3 to 4, mean 31, 
September 2 
269 
17 
2 to 3, mean 2 J- 
„ 4 
270 
_ 20 
4 to 5, mean 41, 
6 
271 
11 
2 to 3, mean 21 
1 |gm 8 1 
272 
17 
2 to 3, mean 
9 
273 
11 
2 
„ 11 
274 
15 
3 
„ 14 
275 
11 
1 to 2, mean 1 1 
„ 17 
.277 
0 
0 
During the passage from Hawaii to Tahiti the ship was close hauled nearly the whole 
time; in fact the winds and currents experienced generally between the two groups 
appear to render it advisable to keep to the wind for the best part of the voyage, 
notwithstanding an occasional favourable slant, for such a slant is almost certain to be 
followed by an unfavourable breeze for a time. The master of the brigantine trading 
