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planned an extension of this work along the coast. The Station 

 has had four sets of drift bottles put out. One lot, by the assis- 

 tance of the Newfoundland Government, was set adrift on a 

 Une from St. John's out to sea across the Grand Bank. Another 

 lot was dropped by Mr. G. F. Sleggs, of Hahfax, from the Stea- 

 mer "Kyle" across Cabot strait from Sydney to Port aux 

 Basques. A third lot was put out on a Une from Canso to the 

 north of Sable island from the C. G. S. " Arras ", and a fourth 

 on a line from near Cape Sable out to sea across the fishing banks 

 from the Biological Boat " Prince ". The United States Bureau 

 of Fisheries has put out bottles along three lines running out to 

 sea from points on the coast, the most southern of which is 

 New York. 



The returns are still incomplète, but they indicate (1) that 

 the Labrador or Arctic current comes west along the south 

 coast of Newfoundland to a negligible extent only and does not 

 reach our shores, (2) that there is an immense eddy North of 

 Sable island and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Cabot 

 strait, the water moving from east to west on the north and from 

 west to east on the south side, and (3) that the water around 

 Cape Sable is largely moving into and around the Gulf of Maine 

 and Bay of Fundy. 



Freezing and Frbsh Fish 



Fish can be available at ail timesand in ail markets m a fresh 

 condition only by freezing. W hen the freezing is properly done, 

 the frozen fish are indistinguishable from fresh in tests, that 

 hâve been made at the Station. Although it is the idéal method 

 for distant markets and for other seasons than that in which 

 the fish are caught, freezing is rarely carried out in an idéal fash- 

 ion. Consequently frozen fish hâve not had the réputation they 

 might enjoy. Dr. E. G. Hood, of Macdonald Collège, has begun 

 an enquiry into the détérioration of cold storage fish both bcfore 

 and after freezing. He finds already that the chief damage is 

 donc before the fish are frozen. Fish that hâve stood only for 

 a few hours before being frozen are decidedly inferior and go 



