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different method of presentation of results is used for this 

 cruise. In Figures 96, 97, and 98, returns for groups of 

 stations are plotted and the general areas of recovery from 

 each group indicated by brackets. The dashed lines on these 

 charts and those for succeeding cruises separate areas of 

 different times of drift. 



Several salient facts are evident. From all stations 

 including the one off Flat Rock Point the general drift was 

 to the north and inshore. Cards were recovered between 

 Topanga Canyon on the north and Malaga Cove on the south. 

 Only one card was returned from Malibu and none from outside 

 the bay. Although the general trend was to the north, some 

 evidence of an inshore divergence can be seen. Because the 

 divergence was not as prominent as on other occasions, the 

 spread of cards in this case might be interpreted as due to 

 a littoral dirft which carried them farther to the south 

 than would have been expected on the basis of random physical 

 diffusion alone. 



The maximum velocity encountered on this cruise was 5 

 miles per day (0,21 MPH), but most values were considerably 

 less* 

 Cruise of April 25, 1956 



The general pattern of circulation within the bay was 

 similar to that on the preceeding cruise, inshore and to the 

 north from all stations. Here also returns from many stations 

 can be grouped together eind their graphic representation 

 simplified . 



