CLYDE SEA AREA. 



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Place. Bearing, Magnetic, Distance in Sea Miles and Tenths. 



Loch Strivan, &c, (Longitudinal Section 12, Plate 8) — 

 Head. — House, N.W. by N. 2 cables, 

 Clapochlar. — Clapochlar Point, W.N.W. 3 cables, 

 Bogany. — Bogany Point, W.S.W. \ mile, 



Kyles of Bute, &c. — 



Strone Cotes. — Mid-channel between Strone and Balacraig Farm, 

 Burnt Islands. — Centre of Caladh Island, W.N.W. 3 cables, . 

 middle, Loch Ridun. — Pier, W.N.W. 2 cables, 



Loch Fyne, (Longitudinal Section 3, Plate 7) — 

 Cuill.—Cmll, N. by W. 11 cables, . 

 Dunderawe. — Castle, N. 2J cables, . 

 Inveraray. — Castle, N.N.W. 1 mile, 

 Strachur. — Fairy Hill, S.W. by S. | S. 2 miles 8 cables. 

 Furnace. — Fairy Hill, S.E. \ E. 2\ miles, . 

 Gortans. — Loch Gair entrance, N.W. by N. 9 cables, 

 Otter II.— Beacon, S. by E. 2 cables, 



DunooN Basin, (Longitudinal Section 6, Plate 7) — 

 Dog Rock — Dog Rock, N.N.E. 4 cables, 

 Coulport. — Pier, E. by S. 4 cables, . 

 Strone Point. — Strone Point, W. by S. 8 cables, 

 Oantock. — Dunoon Beacon, N. by W. \ mile, 

 Knock. — Knock Castle, E.S.E. 9 cables, 



Abran Basin, (Longitudinal Sections 1, 2, and 4, Plate 7 ; Section 12, Plate 

 Otter I. — Otter Beacon, N.E. by E. 7 cables, 

 Skate Island. — Skate Island centre, E \ S. 7 cables,. 16 



Inchmarnoch. — Skipness, W. by N. J N". 3 miles, 

 Ardlamont. — Ardlamont Point, W. 1 mile, . 

 Carradale. — Port-Cranaig Pier, W.S.W. 1^ mile, 

 Garroch Head. — Little Cumbrae Light, S. E. £ E. 6 cables, 

 Brodick.— Goatfell, N.W. by W. f W.'5£ miles, . 

 Largybeg. — Largybeg Point, W.N.W. 1\ miles, 



Great Plateau, (Sections 1 and 2, Plate 7 ; Sections 9 and 10, Plate 8) — 

 North-west. — About midway between Sanda and Pladda Isles, 

 Southern. — In the neighbourhood of Ailsa Craig, 



Channel — 



Sanda. — More than 5 miles S. or S.W. of Sanda Island, 



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Results of Salinity Observations. 



Salinity Observations. — Observations of fluctuating conditions over a wide area 

 require to be made simultaneously at numerous stations in order to allow of direct com- 

 parison at stated periods. It is only on the basis of numerous simultaneous observations, 

 frequently repeated, that a discussion becomes possible sufficiently exhaustive to ensure a 

 reasonable degree of success in assigning the cause of the fluctuating conditions and in 

 tracing their probable effects. Simultaneous observations were impracticable in the present 

 instance, and the records of the salinity of the Clyde Sea Area were necessarily obtained 

 successively from the various stations, from six to ten days elapsing before the whole number 

 had been visited, and it was not always possible to follow the same order in every trip. 

 The general order was, however, as follows : — Gareloch, Dunoon Basin, Loch Goil, Loch 

 Long, Holy Loch, East Arran Basin, Great Plateau, West Arran Basin, Loch Strivan, 



