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on the 13 th, it entered water of practically no current in on the shoal 

 of the Tail of the Bank itself. We remained near this berg untU 

 the morning of the 15th. It had calved several growlers, melted 

 somewhat, and naturally was slowly becoming smaller. The water 



Fig. 22.— The drift of 3 bergs into the shallow water on the eastern side of the Grand Bank during 

 April. Warm water from offshore pressing against the slope at this point is believed responsible 

 for the deviation in the normal path of the ice 



was relatively cool, 35° where it floated, and therefore not especially 

 favorable for fast disintegration. 



From the 10th to the 15th bergs were reported in positions scattered 

 all along the slope from the Tail northward to the twenty-seventh 

 parallel. A relatively great number of bergs, beginning with the 

 20th, were reported on the northern part of the Bank, as steamers 

 began using tracks E bound for the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



