77. Blank in original.
78. Blank in original.
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80. Blank in original.
81. South Equatorial Current.
82. Gulf Stream.
83. The elimination of salt from sea-water by cold was evidently unknown to the writer.
84. The writer was evidently not a convert to the System of Copernicus, but agreed with Ptolemy that the Heavens were solid and moved round the earth, which was the centre of the Universe.
85. Pirrie, a sudden storm at sea. According to Jamieson, Pirr, in
Scotch, means a gentle breeze.
"A pirrie came, and set my ship on sands."
Mirror for Magistrates, p. 194.