PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE GULP OF MAINE 



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Dynamic evidence thus suggests the persistence of the general southerly drift 

 past this sector of the coast line through June, involving Massachusetts Bay, which 

 is corroborated by the drifts of a considerable number of bottles that were put out 

 in the bay by the Fish Hawk a month earlier. 



Fia. 200.— Distribution of density at the surface of the gulf, July and August, 1914 

 JULY AND AUGUST 



The rapid solar warming of the surface over the western arm of the basin leads 

 to the development of a pool of low density in the offing of Cape Ann by July and 

 August (figs. 200 and 201) . The eastern part of the gulf, on the other hand, continues 



