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maximum. There are still two areas of relatively warm 

 water situated in relatively shallow sea areas, (1) the 

 Bahama, King- William Bank areas, where the tempera- 

 ture is about 7°, and (2) the Red Wharf area, where the 



Chart III. 



temperature is about the same. The shape of the 

 isotherms show that at this time both areas are about 

 equally affected by the inflowing warm water from the 

 South-West. The gradients are now much steeper: that 



