seas, and that the depth of the Dead Sea is also an exact multiple of the height of Jerusalem above it." Another no less singular fact, in the opinion of Lieut. Lynch, "is that the bottom of the Dead Sea forms two submerged plains, an elevated and a depressed one. The first, its southern part, of slimy mud covered by a shallow bay; the last, its northern and largest portion, of mud and incrustations and rectangular crystals of salt, at a great depth, with a narrow ravine running through it, corresponding with the bed of the river Jordan at one extremity, and the Wady 'el Jeib' at the other."" It is added, 'The result of the level run between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean has not yet been made public, any further than may be inferred from the statement of Lieut. Maury, that the depth of the Dead Sea measures the elevation of the Mediterranean above it. From this we may draw the conclusion that the depression of the Dead Sea, as found by this level, will not greatly vary from the measurement of Lieut. Lynch,' &c. It will be remembered that this measurement was somewhat questioned by Dr. Robinson, as well as by Carl Ritter (see our last Number); and one important result of the exploration is to solve the difficulty which led them to distrust the alleged depression of the Dead Sea, by establishing the existence of the very rapids which they found to be necessary, but of which no accounts were possessed. Nothing can more clearly show how imperfectly this region has been known than the fact that this most remarkable feature of the Jordan's course has not been disclosed till the year 1848. The Literary World states that the party returned to Acre on the 9th of June, after an absence of a little over two months. They were reported as being in good health, yet such had been their exhaustion from heat and fatigue, that Lieut. Lynch felt it to be his duty to forego running a level to the Lake of Tiberias, and to get as soon as possible among the mountains. They proceeded, therefore, by way of Anti-Lebanon to Damascus, and thence to Beirut, where they arrived June 30th. At that time a number of the party were suffering from sickness; but, after a course of medical treatment for a fortnight, they were considered out of all danger. But, while waiting at Beirut for the return of their ship, Lieut. Dale, the second in command, an accomplished officer and engineer,' was taken ill of nervous fever, and died on the 24th of July, at the summer residence of the Rev. Eli Smith in Lebanon, to which he had been removed. · A translation from the French of the Courrier de Constantinople, embodying most of these particulars, appeared in the Times' newspaper of November 21. From this we learn that Lieut. 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In one word, whoever understands the state of the question will at once admit that a fresh and thorough discussion of this subject is by no means unnecessary, provided we build our theories on firm ground, and are careful to distinguish between what is essential and what is accessory. VOL. III.NO. VI. P The |