l82 



A TEXTBOOK OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



coast of Jutland, and comparatively feW from the Dutch and 

 German coasts. A few reached Norway. The text figure 

 shows the drift clearly ; it is in a counter-clockwise direction, 

 and the current déviâtes from the English coast near the 

 latitude of 54° N. and runs thence eastward to the Horn's 

 Reef, taking- the south side of the Dogger. With strong 



FiG. 38. — Dkift-Bottle Experiments in the North Sea. 

 (Afïer Fulton.) 



prevaiHng winds some of the bottles made 12 miles per day, 

 but the greater number only 2 to 3 miles. The current is 

 clearly dépendent to a large extent on the wind. This is 

 confirmed by the fact that many bottles set out on the Leith- 

 Hamburg line in December, 1896, and January, 1897, when 

 strong easterly winds prevailed, drifted across to the coasts of 

 Norfolk and even Northumberland. 



