Mr Livingston m ihs Use of the Thermometer at Sea, 
Month. 
Lat. N. 
Long. W. 
T. A. 
T. W. 
Time of 
Observ. 
Remarks, &c. 
Aug. 30. 
28° 29' 
88° 21' 
89° 
87« 
Koon. 
31. 
27 45 
88 27 
88 
86 
Ditto. 
July 1. 
27 47 
88 24 
89 
87 
3 P. M. 
27 S3 
88 17 
85 
86 
Midnight. 
Water apparently station- 
— 
27 28 
88 12 
89 
87 
Noon. 
f” ary. 
2. 
26 55 
86 15 
86 
88 
Ditto. 
3. 
26 22 
85 45 
88| 
86 
Ditto. 
4^ 
25 51 
85 22 
89 
86 
Ditto. 
5. 
25 17 
85 06 
871 
86 
Ditto. 
1 
f In these 24 hours a current 
€. 
25 19 
84 21 
87 
86 
Ditto. 
set N. 4° W. 1.87 miles 
( per hour. 
1 
r Waters set S. 71° W. 0.03 
7. 
24 32 
83 38 
86 
86 
Ditto. 
1 
' per hour, or nearly sta- 
[ tionary. 
23 27 
82 28 
87 
86 
Ditto. 
1 
\ Entered into the Strait and 
8. 
1 
[ Stream of Florida. 
9. 
24 11 
80 41 
86 
86 
Ditto. 
10. 
25 48 
79 30 
83 
85 
Ditto- 
At 8 P. M. conceiving the 
ship to be on the edge of 
11. 
84 
85 
6 P. M. 
the bank of soundings, I 
examined the thermome- 
— 
84 
82 
8 P. M. 
ter and found it sunk to 
84 
85 
84 P. M. 
82° 1 tacked immediately 
off shore, and it soon rose 
again. 
— 
27 30 
79 35 
85 
85 
Noon. 
12. 
28 43 
79 23 
85 
854 
Ditto. 
Clear of the Strait of Florida. 
13. 
31 16 
80 11 
85| 
824 
Ditto. 
1 
\ Mercury sunk as we neared 
[ the edge of soundings. 
14. 
31 31 
80 03 
87 
83 
Ditto. 
15. 
32 52 
78 15 
85 
824 
Ditto. 
IS. 
33 44 
76 03 
834 
84 
Ditto. 
17. 
35 32 
73 04 
84 
824 
Ditto. 
18. 
36 25 
69 45 
81 
80 
Ditto. 
Little or no current this day. 
20. 
80 
80 
Ditto. 
f'No observations, the sky 
[ being obscured by clouds. 
' Thermometer suddenly rose 
to 80°, and continued so for 
about 10 hours ; and at 
21. 
38 56 
62 39 
82 
77 
Ditto. 
-< 
noon we found by observa- 
tion that during the prece- 
ding 48 hours we had been 
set 1° 2' N. by a current. 
Oct. 17. 
35 58 30" 
7 00 00" 
66 
69 
Noon. 
18. 
35 51 00 
6 34 00 
66 
68 
Ditto. 
1 
f Tower on Cape Trafalgar 
19. 
20. ) 
21. V 
36 03 34 
6 20 15 
68 
65-1 
Ditto. 
! bearing true N. 67° 30' E. 
(_ six' leagues. 
36 09 10 
64 
i 
( At anchor in Gibraltar Bay 
22.) 
i 
1 in five fathoms. 
