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station 377, the one farthest from the Tail, was 0.6°, which lay be- 

 tween 50 and 100 meters (27 and 55 fathoms) below the surface, 

 while the coldest water at the Tail of the Bank on March 23 lay 

 on the surface, —0.1°. The water column at both stations 377 and 

 578, northwest of the Tail, was warmer on the surface than in the 

 intermediate laj-ers, these latter being the coldest of the column; 

 and in the case of station 378 such layers were colder than 0°. The 

 bottom water lying near the slope itself was in all cases the warmest 

 water of the column, except at station 377 where, at a depth of 150 

 meters (82 fathoms), we encountered the surprisingly high tempera- 

 ture of 5.3°. But the striking feature of the temperature records 



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was the body of water in the mid depths at station 378, which was 

 colder than the water on either side of it along the slope. 



We found the freshest water on the southwestern slope at station 

 378, about 40 miles from the Tail, which position coiTesponds 

 with the distribution of the coldest water along the slope. Also the 

 freshest water in the column at 378, like the coldest layer, was found 

 between the 120-180-meter (66-98-fathom) depths. The saltest 

 water, 34.46 °/oo, lay on the bottom at the Tail, which corresponds 

 in position with the warmest water on the slope, except for the ISO- 

 meter (82-fathom) depth at station 377, the farthest to the north- 

 west, which registered 5.3° and a salinity of 34.19 Vqo- 



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