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. Nos. 120— 132. December l:ith, 1899— February 1st, 1900 : 

 Thirteen, oft Cape St. Blaize, two to six miles. Nos. 121, 125, 

 128, 131, and 132 foiind on beach, from Mossel Bay east to 

 v^wart River. 



Nos. 133 — 150. Februaiy 2nd and 3rd : On a voyage be- 

 tween Mossel Bay and Cape Town. Of the eighteen put away, 

 four were returned, No. 138 from Fish Hoek, No. 145 from 

 Saldanha Bay, Nos. 149 and 150 from Blueberg Beach. 



Nos. 151—275. March 5th— May 4th : One hundred and 

 twenty-live, west and south of Cape Peninsula, 2 to 75 miles 

 offshore. Of these, 3 out of 14, put off on Muich 6th, within, 

 12 miles of Lion's Head, were returned, two from near Sald- 

 anha Bay and one from further north. Of the 51 put oft' west 

 of the Meridian of Cape Point, at a greater distance from 

 shore, none were returned. There were southerly and north- 

 erly winds at this time. Of the few (6), howevi r 

 which were put oft about the same time east of the 

 meridian of Cape Point, one was carried into False Bay 

 (No. 263), the most easterly one. Taken by itself this fact 

 might be of little weight, but along with other observations 

 it woidd seem it gives at any rate a provisional locality where 

 the Agulhas current branches oft' to the right into False Bay, 

 and to the left round the Peninsula to proceed up the west 

 coast. The course of bottles Nos. 2(J3 and 108 may be glanced 

 at on the accompanying chart toi illustrate what is meant, and 

 perhaps as additional evidence. 



Nos. 270—283. May 25th— 2lith : Eight set oft on west 

 coast. One, No. 270, sent oft' near Vondeling Island, was 

 found four days later further south, nearly opposite Dassen 

 Island. A north wind (force 3) was blowing at the time it 

 was cast away, though on the following day the wind was 

 southerly. Tliis is the only one in this region which has 

 taken a southerly direction. 



Nos. 284 — 301. June 2nd -12th : Eighteen put away oft' 

 Cape Point. One (No. 289), driven on shore by south-west 

 wind fi'om oft' Buftels Bay to Smitswinkel Bay. Eight were 

 put oft from 22 to 35 miles in a westerly direction from Cap© 

 Point. Of these, one (No. 290), was returned from Pernam- 

 buco. 



Nos. 302—353. June 23rd— July 21st : 52 put oft in region 

 between Cape Agulhas and Izervaik Point. Of the 6 returned, 

 5 went in an easterly direction to some considerable distance, 

 but one went to the west in an opposite direction. 



Nos. 354— 3()1. July 21st— 24th : Eight, between Cape 

 Agulhas and Cape Town. One (No. 359) sent oft' with strong 

 south wind, was carried from oft' Cape Pornt to Table Bay. 



Nos. 302—372. August 9th— 10th : Eleven, between" Cape 

 ^fown and Cape Agulhas. One (No. 304) drifted a short dis- 



