. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. CHAPTEK III. CUEEENTS AND TYPHOONS. The equatorial current of the Pacific flowing from the south passes between the Ladrone and Philippine Islands, then it has a north-westerly direction; its course afterwards trends more directly to the northward, and by the time it reaches the coast of Japan the body of this great warm stream of water is flowing to the north- east, following the line of the south coast of Japan. The whole of this part of Japan is influenced
. Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon; with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese waters. Natural history; Pirates. CHAPTEK III. CUEEENTS AND TYPHOONS. The equatorial current of the Pacific flowing from the south passes between the Ladrone and Philippine Islands, then it has a north-westerly direction; its course afterwards trends more directly to the northward, and by the time it reaches the coast of Japan the body of this great warm stream of water is flowing to the north- east, following the line of the south coast of Japan. The whole of this part of Japan is influenced by the Black Stream or " Kuro Siwo," as the natives call it: a very good name for it, the water being of the deepest blue. After reaching the south-east corner of the islands, instead of turning to the north,—the line the coast takes,—it retains the north-east direction towards Behring's Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original St. John, Henry Craven, 1837-1909. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
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