The New York herald., 1871-11-03

feryse X numoer, lust s!Awa.t the =, ,sn,s sass
mass me Ts'wsad sss TSe xsssr sus
Isy and It's way outside Of the West Indian Archi-
peagO, and thus j0n the other p0rtl0n-wnlcn,
HAVING run the gauntlet or the islands. has In the
meantime made the circuit O. the Gull-ateI t
width Of this oshoot very greatly exceeds that or
the Bemini current or the Gulf stream proper. we
saS ne sum soM s q and
de nonstrate that II the larger mass u entitled 70
give name 70 the current what is now known - tne
the Antilles Current A study or the subject, we
are convinced, Will fx and settle the existence of
it can be proved that such q mass Of equstoial
water, equal to the Issue At BeIntni both In volume
latter as : coeficient power Although this ques-
tion seems never 70 have entered into tne
Ses nsvs occssonsIly rsnaere uScoHscious
testimony which goes far 70 aetermlne II.
On MS large physical chart o. me AaHtr Asx
branch OF equatorial current OF Atlantic; extends
frequently to latitude twenty degrees north, some
Windsn The Longitude on this chart for this branch
current is between the thrtietn and lor.y.nisn me
as 600 miles-fully .teen times as broad as the
Gulf current at Bemini. keith Johnston. Plate
1 made Sn ahe large anS q the
world lAercator's. or Bergaausl pupiisned & az
Goha These two q ,as ssw would %G anssp
Another evidence that the Bemlni or Florida
stream receives an immense acquisition on iss way
soundinrs or the United states Coast Survey. ON
lis emergence from the Gulf OF Mexico II has
depth OF 900 feet AS it flows beyond the Bahanaa
aalSent il should, as Il expands in surface, diminish
IN DEPTH TINS Is not found to pc tine Case. 1t both
Widens and dcepeus. 49,.
Judge DAILY. 1t should be added. argues that the
basin with any erect upon Its tce indeed he repre-
senis this great ''sea in moton' tas II has been
the foitietn parallel Of north latltade. TO SUSTAIN
this remarkable assertion ne quotes as his eminent
the o. Mt g. w. ~, SuR Wsssero wno
Islands the Gulf Stream has no existence;m that
.Ihe alleged etrecss Of It on the climate Innate
tions. stuplditles and assumptons;n that .lne
sargossa sea" (seen " Columbus and every
SHIPS SHIPS, does not exist and is another Of these in
ventons, DC. 1t is little singular that Mr. Blunt
should be cited 70 prove what y wen known con.
a sn Sucns A%ss0aa 4nsSd Rnne lsarS cS
and equally contradcts Judge Dalys own witnesses.
And yet, Notwithstanding Judge DAILY publishes this
Blunt Blunt when he says:-"The fact that driftwood was
found, together with vegetable productions OF the
West Indies, upon the shore OF Spltzber-
gen high eighty degrees north latitude by the
Swedish expeditions Of 1861 and 1863 indicates that
the Gulf Stream reaches that far bu as the 0f1ccrs
greatly weakened state and the circumstance that
bottles thrown overheard in the West Indies have
been found upon the coast Of Norway, together
with the iact that there Is slow current along
that coast as far as the Bay OF varanger."
& This 3 Swedish % expedition q Professor Norden,
the Royal Geographical Society, twas cnleny
engaged In natural history researches and
astonishing corroboraton OF Captain Bent's reason
ing that NOrdenskiOld by (undesignedly) following
around the west OF Spltzbergen and thence north
wardly, sailed 70 higher latitude than any other
explorer ever attained. AFTER reaching the lati-
tude of 81 degrees AZ minutes the highest ever yet
authentically rec i.ded as attained by any Ship"
says Sir Roderick, the President OF the Royal Geo.
graphical Society, 1.-The Swedish screw steamer
sprung q leak IN consequence OF shock against
huge mass OF tee, and was with great diticulty
saved; and alter refitting IN icy fi0rI, just
enabled to reach h0me.n Had the ships course
been directed between Nova 2embla and Gils
Land IN the rSain track or the Gull Stream. In
Stead OF ON the west OF Spitzbsrgen In one OF ITS
~Oiish0Ots The Ice belt might haze been pierced
anu the "tnermOmetricn theory OF Captain Bent
have thus been unwlttngly demonstrated