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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Table I 



Numbers of Fin whales on the South Georgia grounds with recorded 



positions of capture 



Table II 



Numbers of Blue zvhales on the South Georgia grounds with recorded 



positions of capture 



In that year most of the factories spent the early months of the season along the ice- 

 edge near the South Orkney and the South Sandwich Islands, returning later to Brans- 

 field Strait, and in the two following seasons they spent still more time on the Weddell 

 Sea ice-edge and only returned to Bransfield Strait at the end of February. These 

 movements of the factories are reflected in the returns of positions. Since 1927-8 a very 



