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1 p. m. It, however, remained fairly steady during that time and 

 exceptionally good weather resulted. During the greatest part of 

 the extreme low, strong NW. winds to NW. gales blew, hauling to 

 NE. through N. and then backing to NNE. After the rise, however, 

 it hauled rapidly from NNE. to SE. and SSE. The vessel during 

 its entire time was in an area bounded by parallels 44° and 46°, and 

 meridians 46° and 49°. From April 25 to April 29 it was impossible 

 to search on account of heavy gales, mist, rain, and foggy weather. 

 The cruise was thus featured by the absence of good weather and the 

 prevalence of fog and days of poor visibility. 



WATER TEMPERATUKES 



(See Charts Nos. 10 and 11) 



Eight hundred and ten water temperature reports were received 

 and plotted. Attention is invited to this chart. In general, it bears 

 a great resemblance to that of the preceding period. The boundary 

 of the Gulf Stream had moved slightly to the northward and the 

 tongue of the cold water extending southeastward from the Tail of 

 the Banks had decreased considerably. The cold-water area on the 

 northern edge of the Banks in general had decreased, but two excep- 

 tions were noticed: The tongue lying down the northeastern slope 

 of the Banks extended farther to the south and increased locally in 

 strength of current, and the cold water around Cape Race also 

 increased in area and strength of current. The above conditions 

 were borne out by the action of the bergs reported during the period. 

 It was the intention of the oceanographer to duplicate monthly 

 stations Nos. .4 to 21 taken during the first cruise in order to obtain 

 sufficient data, at the same place at regular intervals, but the loca- 

 tion of the ice and the weather conditions prevented this procedure, 

 so that stations at critical points were only taken when the oppor- 

 tunities presented themselves. 



ICE 



(See Charts Nos. 4 and 5) 



The stations taken during this cruise were mostly close to bergs. 

 They were generally in the path of Labrador current. The data 

 obtained from them coidd be called the advance signal of the increas- 

 ing Labrador current, and also gave an indication of the strength of 

 the invading Gulf water. In addition to the ice observed by the 

 Tamim, 28 ice reports were roceivod from Cape Race and 95 from 

 passing steamers. The bergs seemed to be advancing to the south- 

 ward very rapidly due to the acceleration of the weak Labrador cur- 

 rent then existing caused by the prevailing winds. A decided change 

 took place in the general movement. Many now bergs appeared. 

 Nearly all of them seemed to follow the cold-water tongue and when 



