GULF STREAM

THE, an ocean carre, | which sweeps round the Gulf of Mexk @ | pa es through the Straits of Florida at. ® | average rate of 6 miles an hour, and af! t | flowing some distance along the east co: 3 | of the United States strikes north-e * | acro the Atlantic, widening and los. | its velocity as it proceeds, Bo ane time + | reaches the latitude of the British Islan 1 | it does little more than drift about 4 mil » | aday. The water of the Gulf Stream &, | little higher in temperature than the ax ' bere rd water, and “ fact eo oH J e average ann ae = ee era Cage orth- We rope er than it would be otherwi ) GULLIVER’S [s. 163]