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tance southerly on west of Cape Peninsula, and one (No. 

 371) eastwards, an exceptional direction here, past JJanger 

 Point. 



Xos. 37'3 — o92. August lUth — 17th : Twenty, between 

 Cape Agulhas and Cape St. J^laize. Two (Xos. 374 and 375) 

 recovered. 



Nos. 39o — 40G. August 17th — September 7th : Fourteen 

 put oft' near Cape St. Blaize. Five got back, viz. : Three put 

 off 8 to 10 miles ofP Cape St. Blaize carried far to eastwards, two 

 to near Knysna, and one to Cape Recife ; two, only 4 miles 

 off, carried into Mossel Bay. From this and other evidence 

 there seems to be an inset round Cape St. Blaize eastwards 

 into Mossel Bay, but further from this point a current east- 

 wards. 



Nos. 407 — 474. September 12th— October 18th: Sixty- 

 eight, between Cape St. Blaize and Plettenberg Bay. Fifteen 

 returned, carried no great distance along the coast, about 

 equally in a westerly and easterly direction. 



Nos. 475—490. October 22nd— November 8th: Cape St. 

 Blaize to Cape Town. Of the sixteen cast away, Nos. 475 and 

 481 got back, the former indicating an inset into Mossel Bay, 

 a short distance off Cape St. Blaize, and the latter a general 

 easterly trend off Cape Infanta. 



Nos.' 491—521. December Gth— 10th : Cape Town to 

 Natal. Of the 31 put away, 5 got back, No. 491 showing inset 

 into Table Bay, No. 498 showing westerly current into 

 Struis Bay (c.f. Admiralty chart), No. 507 showing westerly 

 current from Cape Recife, No. 511 showing westerly current 

 from East London, No. 521 showing current in (-ppo^^ite 

 direction, northwards, from Cape Natal. 



Nos. 522—581 December 13th, 1900— May 31st, 1901 : 

 Off the Natal coast. Of 60 put away 5 w^ere returned. No. 

 522 was put off three days after No. 521, but was carried in 

 the same northerly direction, though not so far. No. 539 

 was put off at Noon, 3 miles off the shore, and was found at 

 5 o'clock of the same day about four miles further up the 

 coast, and must have travelled at a speed of more than 19 miles 

 a day. Nos. 573 and 574, put off' together, two miles off the 

 TTmzimbaza River, were found five and a half hours afterwards, 

 about five miles southwards of that point, and within a few 

 yards of each other, having drifted at the rate of over 21|^ miles 

 per day, a record speed, so far as these investigations are con- 

 cerned. No. 570 is of quite a different nature, having trav- 

 elled southwards the great distance of 386 miles. 



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