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I Surface distribution:'^— T\\q band of low salinity water cut by 

 profile No. 10 was connected in the surface layers to equally fresh 

 Avater to the southeastward over the central bank region. The par- 

 allel position of the isohalines strikingly indicated the manner in 



which the low-salinity coastal water worked off the Newfoundland 

 shore. It is especially well defined at this period of the year when 

 such a movement reaches its maximum effect. The temperature dis- 

 tribution further sul)stantiates those conclusions. The freshest water 

 naturally being warmest will remain on the surface as it 



s8 See sketches Nos. 17 and 18. 



