CURRENTS OF THE SEA. 145 



" The counter currents, or those which return beneath the sur- 

 face of the water, are also very remarkable ; in some parts of 

 the Archipelago they are at times so strong as to prevent the 

 steering of the ship ; and, in one instance, on sinking the lead, 

 when the sea was calm and clear, with shreds of bunting of vari- 

 ous colors attached to every yard of the line, they pointed in dif- 

 ferent directions all round the compass." 



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