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Sonic of the drifters have been recovered from each voyage. Eighteen 

 of those set adrift on the first occasion (24th February 1895) were found 

 later — sixteen on the coast of Denmark, one in Sweden, and one in Nor- 

 way. Of ten put adrift fifteen miles east of the Isle of May, one was found 

 at Klegod, near Ringkjobing, Denmark, on the 8th August, 165 days 

 after immersion ; another on the 6th September, further up the coast 

 near the Skaw, at Hirtshals ; and a third half-a-mile west from the Old 

 Skaw, four days later. Four of the ten set adrift 25 miles east of 

 May Isle were also found on the Danish coast; one on 27th August, 184' 

 days after immersion, near Fjaltring, on the west coast : the second on the 

 28th August at Haurvig, Holmslandsklitte, Ringkjobing ; the third on 

 31st August, at Lokken, south of Hirtshals; and the fourth on 16th 

 September at Harboore, near Lemvig. One of those put away 35 

 miles from the Isle of May was picked up on 23rd September near the 

 Old Skaw after 211 days. Of those set adrift at 50 miles, one was 

 recovered on 21st August, after 178 days, at Haurvig, Ringkjobing; 

 another the next day at Aargab in the same locality ; and a third on the 

 14th September, two miles north of Ringkojbing. Of those put away 

 130 miles from tne May, one was found on 7th August at Havstokken, 

 near Nymindegab ; another on 11th August, eight miles north of Ring- 

 kjobing ; and a third on 15th August at Aargab. Of those set adrift 180 

 miles east of the Isle of May, and, therefore, about half-way to Norway, 

 one was found on the 14th July, after 140 days, and another on 3rd 

 August, both near Nymindegab, north of the Horn, Denmark ; a third 

 was found on the 4th August at the Buskar Rack, Marstrand, Sweden ; 

 and a fourth on 6th February 1896, nearly a year later, on the Island of 

 Smolen, near Christiansund, N., in the province of Romsdal, Norway. 

 These cases show that the bottles travelled first to the south of the place 

 where they were put in, and then in a north-east direction along the 

 Danish coast and into the Skagerak, and then in the opposite direction 

 along the coast of Norway. 



Thirteen of the bottles set adrift on the same route on 16th March 

 1895 were found later, all on the Danish coast, in August and September. 

 With the exception of one set adrift 15 miles east of May Isle, and 

 which was found at Ringkjobing, near the Horn, 186 days later, they 

 were all picked up on the coast of North Jutland, between Hanstholm and 

 the Skaw, and mostly near the latter place. The details are given on 

 p. 382. 



Three of those put away at 130 miles from the Isle of May, and two 

 put away at 180 miles, were found south of the line, in the same area as 

 most of the others, namely, on North Jutland. 



In both the above cases no drifters were put away further east than 180 

 miles from the Isle of May, that is to say, about midway between that 

 island and the Naze of Norway, and they all moved southward in the 

 first instauce, and then northwards and eastwards along the Danish 

 coast. From the analysis of the effective winds (p. 356) it will be seen 

 that at the Bell Rock they blew in March from the west-north-west ; 

 and further south, at Yarmouth, from the south-west, at the Skaw 

 from the north-west, and at Helder from the W.S.W. In April, 

 off the Scotch coast they blew from the south-west and west, off 

 the English coast and at Skagen rather from the east-wards ; in 

 May from the northwards; in June and July from the west or 

 W.N.W. 



The third, series were set adrift on the 21st August 1896, and five 

 were recovered (of fifty-five bottles and 125 wooden drifters), three on 

 the English coast and two in Norway. Of the former, two were put 



