. Contributions to Canadian biology and fisheries. Fisheries; Marine biology. 11 The station cruiser, Prince, crossed the lower part of the Bay (jf Fund\' (luring the summer and the bottles were thrown overboard from her, being spaced in some cases a mile and in other cases half a mile apart. When the experiment was started it was thought that very few of the post cards would ever be seen again. As a matter of fact seventy-three out of the three hundred and ninety-six cards set out had been found and returned through the post by December 1, 1919. The post mark gives a very convenient way of ve
. Contributions to Canadian biology and fisheries. Fisheries; Marine biology. 11 The station cruiser, Prince, crossed the lower part of the Bay (jf Fund\' (luring the summer and the bottles were thrown overboard from her, being spaced in some cases a mile and in other cases half a mile apart. When the experiment was started it was thought that very few of the post cards would ever be seen again. As a matter of fact seventy-three out of the three hundred and ninety-six cards set out had been found and returned through the post by December 1, 1919. The post mark gives a very convenient way of verifying the statements on the cards regarding the time and place of finding, for in all cases the cards seem to have been posted near where they are said to have been found. Almost all the bottles were found on the sea shore where they had been left by the tide, although some were picked up at sea. The finders were mostly fisher folk, lighthouse keepers, coast guardsmen and others, whose callings make them keen observers of the sea and the sea shore. The accuracy with which these people have answered the questions is quite noticeable. Man>- of them have asked about the experiment and where the bottle was sent adrift. One card found during a north-east storm on Cape Cod has this note attached: "Never mind the 25 cents, but send details of your experiment which has to do, I judge, with ocean ; The first set consisted of ten 8 oz. bottles with rubber corks and ha\ing attached to them by a cod line a galvanized iron drag to hang at a depth of 3 fathoms. They were spaced in a line between Flag Cove, Grand Manan and Petite Passage, Nova Scotia, on June 18. Two of these cards have been returned.^ Maine ew Brunswick Drift bottles set out Aug2l and returned b/De(Jl,l9l9 Set D. without dra^s St John. Nova Scotia Fig. 5. Drift bottles of set D. Chart showing where bottles set out on the northwestern side of • the Bay of Fundy were found. *The present description re
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