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south of Cape Race. On the Newfoiindlaiul coast a certain amount 

 of land drainage had diluted the inshore side of the Labrador Current, 

 apparent in the salinities to a distance of 10 miles seaward and to a 





depth of 15 meters (8 fathoms). Slightl}^ fresher and warmer water 

 flooded the surface layers south of the gulley, especially in the south 

 central part of the Bank, where water fresher than 32.88 "on and 

 warmer than 2.5° spread out in a surface pool 75 miles across. 



