Gulf Stream

a well-defined current in the Atlantic Ocean. It is due to the reflux of the a current, The condensation an cg ing | of the last-named current takes place mainly in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, whence arises the name Gulf stream. Its temperature there is about 50°. It emerges as a defined hot current through the Straits of Florida, and courses in a N. E. direction at a little distance from the coast of the United States, so affecting the Bermudas as to make their climate semi-tropical, Between these islands and Halifax the Gulf stream is about 60 miles broad, 100 fathoms deep, and moves at an average rate of 3 knots an hour, sometimes faster when influenced by storms. It is of a deep blue color. The Gulf stream moves in a N. E. direction toward Europe. It is generally believed to be through its influence that the W. coast of the European continent is so much milder than the corresponding latitudes of America. ‘ Gulick, John Thomas, an American clergyman; born in Kauai, Hawaii, March 13, 1832, of American parents; was graduated at Williams College in 1856 and studied theology at the Union Theological Seminary. He later went to China _as a mi ionary and subsequently to Japan. He is a well-known writer on topics relating to evolution and natural history.