Nevertheless under no circumstcnct-s was the vcsse]. 

 GVtcr set to the south along the Andros cocst end the 

 existence of e. northerly drift c.lonp this coj st, probf.bly 

 strongest within r mile of shore, w£s quite "pptrcnt even 

 though its velocity could not be estimated. 



Photogrc.-phs of thr^ bottom norr Fresh Croek showed 

 brre rock to r. depth of 230 meters rnd here gr; vel to 450 

 meters. 



This last station is f little over 0.3 rai]G to 

 serward of the reef so it seems very probrble thft this 

 current is deep enough to keep the bottom svrept clern to 

 thf t depth. 



This current together with the feet thrt neither 

 our srlinity str tions nec.r North Vest Light nor Smith's 

 (1940) obsorvrtions show extremely hif.h si linity w^-ter over 

 the er stern edpe of the b; nks mrke it seem 3ikely thrt the 

 high s£jinity wt ter showa on the snjinity profile hrs either 

 been carried northvrrrd or sprer d across the Tongue of the 

 Ocean from the brnk to the e:. st^^crd. 



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BOTTOM SURVEYS 



The shallow shelf extending nearly o mile off shore 

 from Fresh Creek ha.s f modern tely well developed corrl reef on 

 its ser.ward margin. This shelf an^'? its reef hcve been 



described by Newell (1951). 



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