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steadily maintained during the ^ [[insertion]] latter half of the [[/insertion]] day, and continued to 0h on the 14th. Here in lat. 48° 40' and lon. 152°.35' d.r. a sudden and very remarkable change of temperature was experienced being an abrupt rise from 52° to 65°, the temperature of the air, though behind that of the water changed in a similar manner, and [[strikethrough]] again [[/strikethrough]] we sailed over this hot stream for 12 hours when the temperature fell as abruptly as it had risen, to 51°. The width of the stream was about forty miles in an east & west direction.
The impossibility of getting any astronomical obs. unfortunately prevented our determining its rate & direction although I am of the opinion that it was raining in a nearly due south direction.