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as we had found a few days before near the west coast of Scotland. Fhysophora was 

 practically the only oceanic type which was represented and among the fry we found such 

 distinct coastal types as Cottus bubalis and two Goèms-species besides quantities of Äm- 

 modytes. There is hardly any reason to doubt that the occurrence of these animals stands 

 in connection with the comparatively low temperature and salinity previously mentioned, 

 but how this distinct coast-fauna is able to stay out here in mid-ocean surrounded by a 

 purely oceanic fauna is a phenomenon I find some difficulty in understanding. 



As previously mentioned, several current bottles were thrown out on May 29th and 

 30th 1908 when the "Thor" worked at the stations on and round Kockall Bank. The 

 following is a list of the bottles recorded up to October 28th. 



Records of drift of current bottles thrown out from the "Thor" on or near Rockall Bank 



on May 29th and 30th 1908. 



From the above list we see that all the bottles landed on the western coasts of the 

 British Isles along the distance from Slyne Head, Ireland to the Orkneys having thus all 



