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northward of where we then were. How, in such a 

 short run, we could have been set down so far to the 

 south of our course seemed then most strange. Since, 

 however, we have known more about the currents I 

 have mentioned, the circumstance is easily accounted 

 for. On getting well inside the harbour, but not in 

 sight of other ships that might be there, we guietly 

 slipped our friend in need on shore, having tipped him 

 with some silver coin before doing so. 



For some years the entrance to Nagasaki has 

 been well marked by an excellent lighthouse, and the 

 existence and peculiarity of these currents known. 

 The cold stream from the north, which I have mentioned 

 as a counter current to the Kuro Siwo, I always look 

 upon as a most interesting body of water. I spent the 

 greater part of a year within its influence, and found 

 it abounding in different objects of natural history,— 

 notably all kinds of cetacea, seals, fish, and duck. In 

 dredging, the bottom of the ocean proved equally prolific 

 of life. Many of the mollusca I collected in this way 

 turned out to be of great interest; some were new 

 species, whilst others came to light which were previ- 

 ously only known to inhabit the North Atlantic. It 

 would seem from this that the great arctic curreDt 

 divides; one part passing through Behring's Straits 



