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Europe, and were not met with farther out. Closer study of the 

 great elver fisheries of Western Europe (Bristol Channel, west of 

 France and north of Spain) supported to a high degree the conclu- 

 sions I had formed as to the Atlantic origin of the eel, and I was able 

 to point out that both the Bristol Channel and the Bay of Biscay 

 served, practically speaking, as two enormous wing nets or funnels. 



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which, facing west, would be specially calculated to pick up the eel 

 fry coming from the Atlantic. 



In 1906 we made two cruises with the Thor in the Atlantic, one in 

 the spring and another in the autumn. On both these cruises full- 

 ^•rown larvae were found in great numbers west of Europe, but in 

 spring and early summer none of them had entered upon meta- 



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