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DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN 



Atlantic (Figs, loo and loi), and we had thus an ocular demon- 

 stration of the origin of the cold water on the Great Bank, as 



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Fi<;. loo. — Icebergs outside the Harbour of St. John's. 



well as of the dangers which the bank-fishers have to face. 

 Icebergs, fog, and the great ocean-steamers are the chief perils 



Fig. ioi.— Iceberg outside St. John's. 



these men have to reckon with, and it was an unpleasant 

 sensation for us also to have to steam for three whole days over 

 the bank in fog. 



