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and averaging for the next 24 hours 63°.5, showing by obs. a westerly & southerly drift of .2 kn. This culminated in the 6th at 8h in 67° after which it fell rapidly to 64° which continued for the remainder of the day, and results of the observations showed a strong northerly [[insertion]] & westerly [[/insertion]] current about 45 or 50 miles broad. [[insertion]] moving at the rate of 1. -/+ k [[/insertion]] Another sudden rise of temperature took place between 0h + 4h on the 7th reaching 69° and averaging 68° (with a slight fall of one degree at night) the water being one or two degrees warmer than the air. This change in temperature was coincident with a diametrically opposite current running in a south & east direction at the rate of more than half a knot per hour. This gradually dim