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found (see Preface). The investigations under the coast have been carried 

 out separately by each country along its own litoral, but, as far as cir- 

 cumstances permitted, endeavours were made to work with a like object 

 in view. 



In the following chapters it will thus be my duty to indicate the 

 results to which these labours have led towards comprehending the 

 hydrographical conditions along the shores of Norway, and thereupon I 

 will endeavour to point out the influence of the excessively changing 

 current on living organisms, more especially the spread of the fish, and 

 their movements in Norwegian Seas. 



