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PRELIMINARY NOTE 



surface waters of the bay is about 80° Fahr., but the temperature 

 of its abyssal depths is less than two degrees above the freezing- 

 point on the Fahrenheit scale. 



The Laccadive Sea is that part of the Arabian Sea which lies 

 between meridian 72° E. and the Malabar coast. Its greatest 

 depth is about 1500 fathoms, and while the temperature of its 

 open surface waters is about 80°, its abyssal temperature sinks to 

 between 35° and 36° Fahr. 



