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melting and the layer of low temperature observed by Dr. Dawson. 

 Enough has, however, been said to show that the continual melting 

 of vast quantities of ice must exert some important influence on the 

 temperature and density of the polar current. 



Table giving the Specific Gravities of Standard Sea- Water. 

 t°C = 15-56 = 1026-00. (Dittmar). 



Density Determinations of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. (Dawson). 



