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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 deviates 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. DRIFT-BOTTLE EXPERIMENTS IN THE NORTH SEA. 

 (AFTER FULTON.) 



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

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

 clearly dependent 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. 



