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The counter stream to the Kuro Siwo flows from 

 the north, following in its southerly course the line of 

 the Kuril Islands ; part then reaches the sea of Japan, 

 and meets the Kuro Siwo somewhere about the Korean 

 Straits. In this neighbourhood I have seen the meet- 

 ing of these two streams, which is most remarkable, — 

 the one so dark and deeply blue, the other of a pale 

 green colour. They don't mix, but rub against each 

 other. So decided is this, that on taking the tempera- 

 ture almost on either side of the ship, the difference was 

 14°. On one occasion the ship I was in left Shanghai 

 for Nagasaki. We of course steamed straight for the 

 intended port, only about four hundred miles distant, 

 and made the land the second morning at daylight; 

 but strange to say, the entrance to the harbour could 

 not be seen. Where could the place be ? was the 

 question. No one could tell. In such a short distance 

 it appeared very strange that we should not have hit 

 it off most accurately. There was then no lighthouse 

 to mark the entrance, and our experience of the 

 currents was simply nil. I was the only one on board 

 who had ever been to Nagasaki before, but that was 

 ten years previously, when I was a youngster, and 

 before I took much notice of these things, and could 

 in the present instance give no useful information. 

 We steamed to the south, thinking we had through 



