The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-10-17

y lsyos aDEAD SEA lex PBDITlONgao1l 3
,1ilnThs Stpiembcr ntfu6er Of ihe Southern
II 4 1fl9dtetarys Messetiger' contains ali article Of
4 1proiouhd Interest," on This subject, from the
1lpeh Of LIEUT. M F.. Mauryg sa' ~ 'n91
Y 4iedi. sMaufy gives d history or tfis expe-
Idilon, BRIEF but lucid, and which increases
the anxiety Of the public mind TO see the
E'eport OF Lieut Lynch, who has made a
successful survey, and who, we are glad 10
learn, is expected 10 return soon. 10 this
cbdhtfy. s01 1919 Mtlaa NaIf'1I 9
\ 1--WE learnfrom Lieut.. Maury's article tba,
! the expedition was planned by Lieut.. Lynch,
'tand authorized by Secretary Mason, in s,he
Glspring of lS4G, Lieut. Lynch first addressed
q The Secretary onDthe subject, Recommending
liai'circumnasigations and ahe exploration oI
iIthe d9ead Sea andits entire acoast. slillR 8
sfroa'he' Secretary sof the Navy received "a.
q yorablyi ihepfoposiiionI Of Lieut.. Lynch, and
2 an Opportunity soon Offered by (which il
} -eonld9be conveniently carried into effect. II
4 iwsssnecessary TO tsend a store ship to The
} IsAledlierraneanq squadron, rand as, after her
YIsrrvai ,sslle wouldhavs no employment for
! mon'lisy the i'Sccretstyl determined. TO send
'ELieiit Lynch and lhisp partysin her; so that
after injecting the wants OF the squadron, she
4 could proceed up. the Levan,, and land
Lieut.. Lynch and his companions. This
{was done.ey 10 aat ad3 u b8m;ss aslAa
" Thsistore.ship Supply was provided with
two metallic boats, one of copper the other
oilron; the former named Fanny Masen, the
latter Fanny skinner On illoir, arr val al,
their destination their troubles began, and
llntheirsmarch to- Lake, Ihberas, their boats
hadao he transported over the most formi-
I,inble mountain gorgcs and heights, aand to
ibe lowered down precipices with ropes. But
these difficulties were snrmounted with true
Esailor's lskllb andperseyerance and ON the
Sthufl lAprilithe' two Fannies, each with tho
bAmericsn 1ensign aymgswere ahoat on the
beautiful blue waters Of the Sea of GaliIee.
rEmblematic of IFS Master il alone of a II
thingsaaround them remained the same. -
Just asihe Apos.les, saw il when our Savior
said TO itssPeace, he still,n this little band
Iofroyers inowlb beheldit. ksasA4 ueY a0s9f 4
faiTThe navigation Of the Jordan was found
aobe most difficult, and dangerous, from its
eariulJand frequent rapids LieuiasLynch
solves the secret gof the depression between
bake 'fiberias and the Dead Sea- by the
tortuous course ofstheA jordan, which, in q
distance of sixi, miles, winds through al
course oftwo hundred miles. Within this
distance Lieut.. Lynch and his party plunged
down no less than twenty-seven threatening
rapids, besides many others ofiess descent. |
llheidifsfence oflevel be,weenthe two seas
is over two thousand feet saitI 8is gsN Il
8 9fbeo water Of the sJordon was sweet 80
wiihin afew hundred yards Of iis tnouth.-
The waters of the sea we're devoid ofsmell,
rbatbiuer, salt, and nauseous. Upon enters
ing 10, the boats were encountered BY gale,
Ssit seemed ssif the bows, so dense pas the
iirdter, ywerel epcounlerlng abe sledge ham
lners ofstlre Titalrs, instead Of lhe opposiiig
waves ofsanaeangry sea.o7g The party pro-
seeded daily with their exploration, making
Typographical sketches as they went, until
tthey reached the southern extremity Of the
sea, where the smost wonderful sight that
they bad yet seem awaited thera lsio9s 4
the mountain Of Uzdom (Sodom)
I'VE unexpectedly, and muchto our as,onish-
ment,n saysaLieut. lynch, s'saw. a large,
rounded, jurre,-headed colupn, facing tow
ardstlIe southseasl, (which proved 10 be Of
solid rock sahs capped with carbonate off
lime--one mass disqualification. Mr.. Dale
took a skeichofit, 4amdsDr.s Anderson and
Landedy with much dficultyy and procured
specimens ffomst.''s hsa@&i fs8i jt'i3, eas
Ins'rhe party circum-nasiga!ed the lake, re-
turned 10 their place Of departure, and
brought ihacks,heir boats ii as complete or
deras ihey received them at New York.
Theme were all in fire health This il Al
Ispccimenof the skill, system and discipline
Iof ,heas American navy. No nation in the
world has sucha service; the time is coming
whenit will give proofsiofihat factpalpnble
toaihe. most Misunderstanding. Thanks 10
the good management of Lieut.. Lynch, the
whole costof this scientific exploration of
the, ,DeadaSea, (excepi,gof course, the cost
Enfequipage and maintenance of the crew of
the Ship was buts$sO0.s ,st.Bs wM ail
i From the letters Of Lieut.. Lynch. quoted
by Lieut.. Maury, we transcribed following
interesting fact, eliciteda by the explora-
|ti0n III baasas as9sas esss IS 99aaagJ@ stal
o5sThe bottom ofl the northern half Of this
sea is almost an entire plain. Its meridianal|
Illness aIh a. rshortg distance from the shore, 4
scarce var ysin idepilisis The deepest sound
|ugs thus far 1888 Sfatlmmsi( ll2e feet Near
the shoie the bottom s'general,y an incrus.
ta,ion, sf.salt. d But lhe intermediate one is
soft mud with mpv areci am IA srrvctala.s-