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coast is perceptibly less salty than in other parts of the gulf, and 

 it is expected that the track of this freshened water will bear an 

 intimate relation to that of the outward current. 



Water of less density than the normal density of ordinary 

 sea water, or in other words, containing less salt, is also found in 

 Cabot Strait, but the connection with that off the Gaspc coast 

 has yet to be definitely determined. 



During the present season Mr. Dawson, on the Dominion 

 steamer Lansdowne, will continue his examination of the currents, 

 taking up first that part of the Gulf between the east end of 

 Anticosti and the Newfoundland and Labrador shores. 



Mr. Mackay, Mr. Dawson's principal assistant, will spend 

 the summer on the west coast of the gulf, taking tidal obser- 

 vations with temporary gauges at several dififerent points, for the 

 purpose of establishing tidal differences, which can be referred 

 to the main registering stations. The relations of the tide be- 

 tween different points in the gulf are not yet well defined, while 

 the differences in the river St. Lawrence are remarkably regular, 

 as has been established by comparison of the records of the 

 gauges at Anticosti, Father Point, and Quebec. 



Reports of progress have been published in pamphlet form 

 by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, detailing the results 

 obtained by Mr. Dawson up to this season. 



