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^'os. 120—132. December 13tli, 1899— February 1st, 1900: 

 Thirteen, oft' Cape St. Blaize, two to six miles. Nos. 121, 125, 

 128, 131, and 132 found on beach, from Mossel Bay east to 

 Zwart River. 



Nos. 133 — 150. Februan," 2nd and 3rd : Un a voyage be- 

 tween Mossel Bay and Cape Town. Of the eighteen put away, 

 foiu' were returned. No. 138 from Fish Hoek, No. 145 from 

 Saldanha Bay, Nos. 149 and 150 from Blueberg Beach. 



Nos. 151 — 275. March 5th — May 4th : One hundred and 

 twenty-live, west and south of Cape Peninsula, 2 to 75 milei 

 offshore. Of these, 3 out of 14, put oft" on March 6th, within, 

 12 miles of Lion's Head, were retiuned, two from near Sald- 

 anha Bay and one from further north. Of the 51 put oft' west 

 of the Meridian of Cape Point, at a greater distance from 

 shore, none were returned. There were southeily and noi'th- 

 erly winds at this time. Of the few (6), however 

 which were p\it oft' about the same time east of the 

 meridian of Cape Point, one was carried into False Bay 

 (No. 263), the most easterly one. Taken by itself this fact 

 might be of little weight, but along with other observations 

 it would seem it gives at any rate a provisional locality where 

 the Agulhas current branches oft' to the right into False Bay, 

 and to the left round the Peninsula to proceed up the west 

 coast. The course of bottles Nos. 2li3 and 108 may be glanced 

 at on the accompanying chart to illustrate what is meant, and 

 perhaps a.s additional evidence. 



Nos. 276—283. May 25th— 26th : Eight set oft on west 

 coast. One, No. 276, sent oft' near Vondeling Island, was 

 found four days later fiu'tlier south, nearly opposite Dassen 

 Island. A north wind (force 3) was blowing at the time it 

 was cast away, though on the follovtdng day the wind was 

 southerly. This is the only one in this region which has 

 taken a southerly direction. 



Nos. 284 — 301. June 2ud - 12th : Eighteen put away oft' 

 Cape Point. One (No. 289), driven on shore by south-west 

 wind from oft' Buftels Bay to Smitswinkel Bay. Eight wera 

 put oft from 22 to 35 miles in a westerly direction from Cape 

 Point. Of these, one (No. 296). was returned from Pernam- 

 buco. 



Nos. 302—353. June 23rd— July 21st : 52 put oft in region 

 between Cape Agulhas and Izervark Point. Of the 6 returned, 

 5 went in an easterly direction to some considerable distance, 

 but one went to the west in an opposite direction. 



Nos. 354 — 361. July 21st — ■24th: Eight, between Cape 

 Agulhas and Cape Town. One (No. 359) sent oft' with strong 

 south Avind, was carried from oft Cape Point to Table Bay. 



Nos. 362—372. August 9th— 10th : Eleven, between"' Cape 

 Town and Cape Agulhas. One (No. 364) drifted a short dis- 



