46 NOTES ON ABNORMAL WAVE OCCURRENCE. McINTOSH. 



flow, the water would be lifted and the accompanying phenom- 

 ena would be of the same nature as those that would occur 

 in the case of the downward movement. 



From the occurrence of a similar wave disturbance at 

 Bay St. Lawrence some years before, as reported, it would 

 be inferred that the surface of the sea bottom is unstable 

 off the coast of Northern Cape Breton, and that such dis- 

 turbances may recur until the area has arrived at a state 

 of stability. 



