The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-27
Winds aazd Currents OF tine Sses
L. 8. n. OBSERVATORY AND AYD'L Osysc

wAarsercS, Jan. Is, 1881.
SIN The a.s run Of the American sh,p hsnaarln,
Capt John ". 9. Perh frcm New York 20 Ausssin suy
Il incic sIn CONSISTED win d.
OF msrsssSsnsu that At. are ss:isss "a our w.
tons nte The winds aud currents OF the sss. "
Tho vssss Of this feet are fasnished Win the requ
fo irfzLE<rts By trer ownese or masteys, Who nav
nerousy undertaken TO fufnse the required ooierva
lions at their own expense tee barks FOR wh!co scsss
suppnsd by this cce. In round nnnbers mot less thAn
sail Of Americas merchandise are thus end,rs
their cooperation and &sastaxcc. Npndcr tuc Eagheh
Bag may BE- counted Tie .hoe navy q orcss nr,Aie
wnh one hundred Picked captains W. chte other mot
Under the Dutch Gag there are two hundred and tweu
q aged also - fellow borers IN he vide nsld
The abstract cgs Of tho Eogish CO opersiors are 70
ssrned 70 ,ns he'e9ss'sc.i % NE se.'a -, o.
Meteorological InEisute Of uuechi. There taey pui
into able hsrds for dscussicn, and the results Of eaa
~ mary cop OF them may be used generously
ssnt bore free Of cost for siuious distribution 70 Ame
aresiiy 10 be desired INA. this admirable syyten
OF mseorooscal 90 operation aod rose.rco should be
eniended anowsrd: Msny srss. interests beside eom
sior Agriculture ard all the pdus.ria pursuirA OF the
peep'e would DO more or lees 6enenaed oy u.
p,sscs mo Poruspese i:e,sps sss,sns AID psns,ans
Danes Swedes, with mcroba taxi - belonging 70 Benen
and Hamburg, Norway, Rassts, Chile aud others. AZ
the same sys,em Of research which has resulted N tse
wind and current charts
siDee the publication Of these vas oommcpccc many o.
the cid pathways Of ships scrves toe sen have been
s,raif btensd shortened aad soe new ones opened
hn brief period; boz commerce 70 king" and swo
ina. tne.
Nsitbsr Melbourne nor San FRANCHISE vas then reccS
sscor,uns .nss DAZZLE the world w,s Their spssdoss
o. all The saporss within he dominons Of Great
Briain Loadon asd Liverpool alone exceed hslbsu-ne
N the amount Of her shppns and you ssow vnaa IN
10 oossequeace Of the kpcvIsdec which ssess rsssarcn
20 into the ply sics Of tho aad have given %
ieuebnS The Winds ana currents, ihsss Two aoursbiss
mars have been Msed up, - q were, and set dcV
nearer 70 The sates Of Europe and America BY many days
Wbsn coumsnces 70 dhcuss the winds and currents
for the Ausn ALA the average passage from Fog
and from the United ssAses about sen dsrs move Yes
sse then pursued the route nended by toe British
Adsnay and vh,on car Invsssss,,oss sns.sd GA no,
mcss favorable. After pointing out ihts isc, ana recon
mspdpe another route 70 ssv,easos. NE following =,
reopoDs, which vas pubshef By this oboe 10 1ss<-
me so.,, but BE wns msy here venture he pre die
Pbinp Or oear,own borne sgan, be msde and VII
be made under canvass By The route here lad down. m $50
is,S.s ,ss s..., me s.nsss 2; \ I have IN
tropical and venture de opinion ,ha, yoyse. Of err
han ,se bs. ever w, ssen made pv Slipper ,o.
from ses York Of Fl Csen q San Iancso
ne Auer part OF the p<coiotson has oeen fulhled
bss become matter Of such common Occurrences mat lis
fulhlmspt no longer excites remark
The abstraet log OF the Mandarin wN received here
yesterday. rs an admirably kept journal. soc TOOK
the route alluded 10 above. Had she returned dreos
from Australia sbe probably would have fdlhled tho
former part Of the prediction slso. She sailed direct from
New Yorh for Melbcurnen Docember, 1850 she iccs
the wind and current charts for Der guide abao toned
tbe old routs enirely aud mate the 70 Port Philip
In peverty days from New YORK.
Tbue, By having spread before her these chsrw which
smbedy the experience ~ many nsvisators, sbe Gas
enable TO "plek her vinds" and 10 very qrcts Sne
syerseed urdeY canvass that voyage ~hoh
ibsn baf vsy round the vcrld nearly or quite two
hubdr ca sea miles day.
The Islands discovered by Capt Heard, Of tue Auer,.
can bark Oriental, 10 1882 I've along thu route. Tns
Mandarin migha have been wrecked upon them fcs IN
sYe =, the sr cay 10 Australia and Their possicr
never been properly determined
J have bso Ne honor se'cre q calling yops saessep