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." 
K 
