Low x deep-inelastic ep scattering data, taken in 1994 at the H1 detec
tor at HERA, are analysed in the Breit frame of reference. The evoluti
on of the peak and width of the current hemisphere fragmentation funct
ion is presented as a function of Q and compared with e(+)e(-) results
at equivalent centre of mass energies. Differences between the averag
e charged multiplicity and the multiplicity of e(+)e(-) annihilations
at low energies are analysed, Invariant energy spectra are compared wi
th MLLA predictions. Distributions of multiplicity are presented as fu
nctions of Bjorken-x and Q(2), and KNO scaling is discussed. (C) 1997
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