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PROFILE NO. 2— STATIONS 253-258. 



This section starts in on the southwest slope of the Bank and runs 

 southwesterly, offshore, into the Gulf Stream. It was occupied 

 April 13-14, immediately after the completion of the eastern investi- 

 gation shown in profiU^ No. 1, and it inaugurates the beginning of 

 the subsurface examinations in the mixing zone around the Tail of 

 the Bank for 1023. From this time on, at frequent intervals, until 

 the termination of the ice season, in July, continual watch was mam- 

 tained on ocean ographical developments in this region. 



SnUnity.— In this section we found the water freshest on the 

 liank, suggestive of coastal character, with a salinit}^ <33"/„o- For 



