228 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
Fifty miles off Cape May (Station 10072) readings were taken at 
zero, four, and twenty-four fathoms, from 1-46 a.m. to 8-15 a.m., 
the time of low water being 4 a.m. at Barnegat Inlet (Fig. 65). The 
surface current ran southwest during the entire set, veering toward 
the west (S. 5S. W. to W. by S.) with velocities ranging from .15 knot 
at the beginning to .7 knot at the end, showing that the tide started 
to flood shortly before we began work. The total drift was about 
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BIS A.M. 
Fie. 65.— Surface current , 4 fathom current — -—-+—- , and bot- | 
tom current... ., at Station 10072; hourly from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m., July 21. — 
The surface current of Station 10074,...., is combined with Station © 
10072 to show total drift for an entire tide. 2.25 cm. = 1 sea mile. 
3 knots southwest. At four fathoms the current veered from S. by V 
through west, to W. W., N. the velocity ranging from .14 knot to 
knot, the net drift 3 knots west, 7. e., toward shore. The botte 
current at twenty-four fathoms veered irregularly from 5S. by I 
through S. W. west, and northwest to northeast, with velocit 
