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luiict' southerly nn west of Cape Peninsula, aiul one (No. 

 '■'t~l) eastwards, an exce])tioiial diiertion here, past Danger 

 Point. 



Xos. IM-) — 49'^. Au<;ust lOth — 17th : Twenty, between 

 Cape AgiiJhas and Cape St. Hlai/.e. Two (Xos. •')74 and -Mb) 

 recovered. 



Nos. '4\)o — 401). August 17th — September 7th: Fourteen 

 put oft' near Cape St. Blaize. Five got baek, viz. : Three put 

 oft' <S to 10 miles off Cape St. IMaize earricHl t'ai- to eastwards, two 

 to near Knysna, and one to Cape llecife ; two, only 4 miles 

 off, carried into Mossel Bay. F'roni this and other evidence 

 there seems to be an inset round Cape St. Blaize eastwards 

 into Mossel Bay, but turtluM- from this j)oiiit a euirent ea.st- 

 wards. 



Nos. 407 — 174. September 12th— October 18th: Sixty- 

 eight, between Cape St. Blaize and Plett(>nberg Bay. Fifteen 

 returned, carried no great distance along the coast, about 

 equally in a westerly and easterly direction. 



Nos"! 475 — 490. October 22nd— A'ovember 8th: Cape St. 

 Blaize to Cape Town. Of the sixteen cast away, Nos. 475 ahth 

 481 got back, the former indicating- an inset into Mossel Bay, 

 a short distance off' (^ape St. Blaize, and the latter a general 

 easterly trend off' Cape Infanta. 



Nos.' 491—521. Uecember (ith— 10th : Cape Town to 

 Natal. Of the -M put away, 5 got back, No. 491 showing inset 

 into Table Bay, No. 498 showing westerly current into 

 Struis Bay (c.f. Admiralty chart), No. 507 showing westerly 

 current from Cape Recife, No. 511 showing westerly current 

 from East London, No. 521 showing current in (,ppos;te 

 direction, northwards, from Cape Natal. 



Nos. 522—581 December l^Jth, 1900— May ;Jlst, lUOl : 

 Cy& the Natal coast. Of (50 put away 5 were returned. No. 

 522 was put oft' three days after No. 521, but was carried iu 

 the same northerly direction, though not so far. No. 5-}9 

 was put oft' at Noon, •> miles off the shore, and was Found at 

 5 o'clock of the same day about four miles furthei" up the 

 coast, and must have travelled at a speed of more than 19 miles 

 a day. Nos. 573 and 574, put off together, two miles off the 

 Umzimbaza River, were found five and a half hoius afterwards, 

 abcnit five miles southwards of that point, and within a few 

 yards of each other, having drifted at the rate of over 21^ miles 

 per day, a record spt^d, so far as these investigations are con- 

 cerned. No. 570 is of quite a different nature, having trav- 

 elled southwards the great distance of •i8t) miles. 



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