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along different lines radiating generally from the group of the 

 Azores, by patiently awaiting their rec< .ml by then 



combining their records, he furnished the demonstration that 

 this portion of the ocean is practically a lake, bounded, not by 

 land, but by the motion of its own peripheral waters, thus 

 enclosing a roughly circular portion of the sea, part of which is 

 generally associated with the Sargassum weed and called the 



i killed by the I'mur "t Monaco IH-.U M 



Sargasso N i 1 Phe water, ii >nfined in the warm, dry 



Mibtropieal i. to powerful evaporation, and to 



rable annual n <>t tnnperat lire .it the MirfaCC. 



The combination .f these two tli.-rmal factOTi hnni-lic- the 



mr< hani< al po\\-r by \vhi h tin- ra of the water 



obtain mop- ! in a greater dm-itv in thi^ ->ea than 



they <1" in an\ ..tin i , .0 open ocean, as was pointed out 



1 Se c the Sargasso Sea is shown as a " 



