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southwest of the Tail than it was due south, which plainly indicates, 

 the direction in which the water masses are discharged in this vi- 

 cinity, and such a fact is further substantiated by the records of 

 drift ice in this region.*- Sketch No. 6 also delineates the distribu- 

 tion of the three classified types of water in this interesting area, 

 the heart of the icy current being shown by crosshatched shading. 

 This distribution corresponds in general to that which prevailed oi, 

 the surface during this period, as shown by charts F and G. the 



Composite iceberg chart, 1913-1914 



latter of which reveals the presence of the frigid water with its 

 largest portion inshoreward of the continental edge. The fact that 

 this water mass lay in the shallow depths rather than hugging the 

 slope of the Bank may be due in part to the warm salty Atlantic 

 masses which protruded inshore between the forty-fourth and forty- 

 fifth parallels, which movement is also shown on sketch No. 6. 



CIRCULATION SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE 



Sketches Nos. 7, 8, 9, and 10 show the bottom distribution of 

 arctic and coastal water south and west of Cape Eace with reference 

 to temperature and salinity as found by the patrol April IT to 

 May 5. 



• See chart C, •• Drifts of Ice Around the Tail of the Grand Banks." 



