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S.S.E. of the Isle of May; on the 17th of February 1895, one was 

 found on the coast of Durham ; on 18th July another was found on Heli- 

 goland ; and four days later a third at Hallig, Oland, Germany. On 30th 

 November, five were set adrift six miles west of the Isle of May ; three of 

 them were found on the Yorkshire coast, 79, 81, and 85 days later; and, 

 in August, 259 days from the time of setting adrift, a fourth was found 

 at Egmont-on-Sea, N. Holland. On 20th March 1895, ten bottles were 

 set adrift near the mouth of the Firth of Forth ; on the 2nd April, 

 thirteen days later, two were found on the coast of Northumberland, 

 about G7 miles distant ; two days afterwards, on the 4th April, another 

 was found 82 miles distant, also on the coast of Northumberland ; on the 

 20th May (after 61 days), a fourth was found near Spurn Point, York- 

 shire, a distance of 202 miles; on 1st August, after an interval of 134 

 days, a fifth was picked up three miles north of Blokhus, Denmark ; and 

 on 14th September, a sixth two miles north of Ringkjbbing, Denmark. 



Of five bottles set adrift on 16th April 1895, 18 miles E.S.E. 

 of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, one was found on 6th June, after 51 

 days, on the coast of Northumberland, 129 miles to the south ; another 

 was found on 10th September (after 147 days) half-a-mile west from the 

 Old Skaw, Denmark; and a third on 18th September at Blokhus, 

 Denmark. Of five set adrift 25 miles E. by N. of the Isle of May, on 

 27th April 1895, one was found on 13th July, after an interval of 77 

 days, near Scarborough, Yorkshire, a distance of 142 miles; and on 27th 

 September (after 135 days), another was picked up two miles east of 

 Hanstholm, Denmark. Three of ten put away on 24th July 1895, ten 

 miles S.E. of Scurdy Ness, Forfarshire, were recovered ; one after seven- 

 teen days on the coast of Fife ; another on the 22nd October, after ninety 

 days, at Nymindegab, Denmark ; and a third on 2nd January 1896, after 

 162 days, near Stavanger in Norway. Of ten set adrift on the same 

 day, 11 \ miles S.E. of Girdleness, Aberdeenshire, one was found forty 

 miles to the south, in Forfarshire, twenty-two days later ; and another in 

 Norway, near Kragero, within the Skagerrak, on the 5th February 1896, 

 after an interval of 196 days. Other drifters, as has been previously 

 mentioned, put away about the same time in the Moray Firth and off the 

 north part of Aberdeenshire, were found on the south and south-west coast 

 of Norway and in Sweden from October 1895 to March 1896. On 28th 

 August 1895, twenty bottles were set adrift south-east of the Isle of May ; 

 one was found on 18th November, after 82 days, near Hunnebostrand, 

 95 kilometres north of Gothenburg, Sweden ; a second on the 1st 

 December, near Arendal, Norway ; and a third on 4th December at 

 Karmoen, near Stavanger, Norway. From the account given later (p. 356) 

 of the effective winds during the period of flotation, it will be seen that 

 they blew in August and September on the English coast from W., S.W., 

 and W.S.W. ; in October from N.W. ; and in November from S.W. and 

 S.E. ; at the Skaw they blew from W.N.W. and N.W. in August and 

 September ; from W. by N. in October ; and from S.W. in November. 



On the 22nd July 1896, a large number of drifters were thrown over- 

 board from the 1 Garland ' while she w T as passing up the east coast of 

 Scotland. Ten set adrift near the Bell Rock were found on the coast of 

 Fife, the May Isle, and East Lothian; eight within a week or two, and the 

 other two at the beginning of September within the Firth of Forth. Some 

 of those set adrift off Scurdy Ness, further to the north, were also picked 

 up in Fife about twelve days later. One put away off Bervie, Kincardine- 

 shire, was found thirty-one days later on Holy Island, Northumber- 

 land, 63 miles to the south. Another put away six miles south-east of 

 Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire, was picked up at Hillerslev, near Thisted, 



