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all the temperatures in this section are higher than those in the previous sections is 

 to bo accounted for hy the fact that the observations were taken a fortnight later 'in 

 'the season. The fact that there is no cold water even at the bottom of this deep 



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Fig. 14. —Temperature curve at Station 17. Tide ebb. 



Fig. 1.5. — Temperature curve at Station 18. Tide \ flood. 



Fig. 16. — Temperature curve at Station 19. Tide ^ flood. 



Fig. 17.— Profile section of the Western Passage, Aug. 20. Tide beginning to rise (ebb to \ flood). 



channel seems to indicate that it is entirely filled by water from the river and bay, 

 which is in constant motion right to the bottom. 



Turning no\^^ to the section of Passamaquoddy bay (fig. 23), we find the above 

 conclusions with regard to the course of the warm water in the river confirmed. As 



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Fig. IS.— Temperature curve at Station 11. Aug. 5, § flood. 



Fig. 19. — Temperature curve at Station 12. Aug. 5, | flood. 



Fig. 20.— Temperature curve at Station 13. Aug. 5, ^ flood. 



Fig. 21. — Temperature curve at Station 14. Aug 5, flood, 



Fig. 22. — Temperature curve at Station 16. Aug. 5, \ ebb. 



in previous cases, the water in the centre is colder than near the sides, 'but it will be 

 noticed that the warmest water appears at the mouth of the St. Croix river, i.e., at 

 the extreme left of the diagram, while colder water than is found in any of the other 

 sections, and much colder than appears in the Western passage, occurs in the deep 



