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APPENDIX, No. III.
TABLE REFERRED TO PAGE 97., SHOWING THE DAILY AMOUNT OF EASTERLY CURRENT OBSERVED BETWEEN KERGUELEN ISLAND AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, JULY 20 TO AUGUST 5. 1840.
| Date. | Course. | Dis- tance run. |
Lat. | Long. | Current. | Mean Tem- pera- ture. | ||||
| Miles. | South. | East. | Air. | Sea. | ||||||
| July 20 sailed from Christmas Harbour. | ||||||||||
| 21 | N. 86 E. | 149 | 48.24 | 72.57 | No observation. | 35 | 35 | |||
| 22 | N. 88 E. | 157 | 48.29 | 76.55 | S. 40 E. | 10 | miles | 30 | 35 | |
| 23 | N. 85 E. | 136 | 48.17 | 80.15 | S. 80 E. | 11 | " | 30 | 37 | |
| 24 | N. 82 E. | 139 | 47.55 | 83.41 | N. 3 E. | 8 | " | 31 | 37 44 |
a.m. p.m. |
| 25 | N. 85 E. | 106 | 47.46 | 86.18 | No observation. | 32 | 45 41 |
a.m. p.m. | ||
| 26 | N. 77 E. | 141 | 47.12 | 89.45 | N. 68 E. | 58 | " | 35 | 44 | |
| 27 | N. 87 E. | 133 | 47.18 | 93.0 | S. 10 E. | 16 | " | 43 | 43 | |
| 28 | S. 88 E. | 169 | 47.28 | 97.7 | S. 67 E | 35 | " | 42 | 42 | |
| 29 | S. 75 E. | 131 | 48.02 | 100.17 | No current. | 37 | 38 | |||
| 30 | N. 77 E. | 102 | 47.39 | 102.43 | N. 83 E. | 10 | " | 30 | 36 | |
| 31 | N. 89 E. | 150 | 47.36 | 106.26 | S. 86 E. | 32 | " | 37 | 36 | |
| Aug. 1 | S. 87 E. | 172 | 47.45 | 110.39 | S. 76 E. | 8 | " | 36 | 49 | |
| 2 | N. 86 E. | 145 | 47.35 | 114.16 | N. 65 E. | 23 | " | 40 | 42 | |
| 3 | S. 84 E. | 156 | 47.51 | 118.08 | S. 66 E. | 15 | " | 39 | 41 | |
| 4 | N. 86 E. | 136 | 47.42 | 121.31 | N. 30 E. | 11 | " | 35 | 40 | |
| 5 | N. 87 E. | 129 | 47.34 | 124.43 | No current. | 35 | 44 | |||
| Average rate of current = 15.8 miles daily. | ||||||||||
