Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-06-29
asysMAC DEPTHS OF TIE SEA


HNzH = y A%E3
Tse rev Submarine world r1- n
pEorvd and mapped ozf presents very
different picture fruu that painted t1r
n hv the poets Bat a short uze h1s
ELAPSED since the bottom - the oseau
Wa supposed 60 h~ the counterpart Of
sAe fase q the earth above wzter-wfth
hiIEs and vzIlev--ith PrssfpStors NOUN
-afrS lifting toward TIRE surface ~
pruscuu3 ru~xvs sinking 60 unfathonz-
able depths The o-xar Eoor = far
les diversified than the land Here
and there. Tn ~ surv- Stands N zst-
erean are the Sannn5ts Of -z@ru0rs
-1nuntafz& rSir- more or %Ss alb
ruvsfv f-prn a generally level sur-
farx. and rhe SEA fvfnx Cvvr
n rar-u~w. depressed region n
urrthwwsssrr F1efsr reaches = great
sss S<psh- Bat this y exceptional n
itS general character the oc~1n hcsrum
eg0Sisss of vast fat cr slightly IN
GziatE1- plains An -extraorni1arE er~
cmnStaz.-w that has h~w1 rgrieeS with
Interest ass that always creates sur
prise when E-xs learned = the entire
@a1t@ ~ A@AEA+8 A48M.@N1 81 W.
.ds~per Part 1t the e~wans augr- 0f all
the vessels lost IN mssoesaa- af AL the
human beings that have b~<n drowned
Of all the marine animals that have
persisted Of al The eI1v- <ard and
gravel bet fsFl BY dfSso1vin~ s~.eherg. sf
all the rzri0srs Substances drffred frurn
everv shore By shifting errrprss-nesa
tr1se remains but in their place water
FROM one shsuSard tctr0 Thousand 1--WE
hundred tash0uzS IN depth covers the unf
form deposit Of thfeS bTulsh- tenacious
slime. called xInhfgsria8 ooze- \ bit
OF this under n powerful hen<G< a re~e-
Iatio1 Of beauty readily forgotten
The G.lze = composed slnost entirely
OF the 4afrsbesr. u1nst asfiez.elv bean
.siful shells ~furagirahle- At depths
greater than Twenty-Five huzsfre,1
s1thouzS the bottom u The SEA consist
mainly Of rrpsfuets arising from sx-
Paszrv, for almost T~ueaIruIahle periods
% the chemical acs1nu Of sea water Of
.punase and other volcanic matters
This finally results IN the formation es
the resf eAav deposits that are euns5d-
cred characteristic OF the prufoundest
ef the esesn Carbonate Of
Eime. which IN the form Of the shells "
ts-zmfrtfcra- makes up - large part
ct the globIg~rfna N = here almost
entirely absent sen water n very
nearly a universal solvent. and before
any she'll hr-e 90 small rraehes the
b.pErsrz sf these tremendous zbvsmS Il
II chemically eaten up literally dis
solved result uhieia The euor-apuS
PRESSURE Of the water must u~aterfaIIv
hasten Ut ene thousand fataeuzs shs
wslrht Of the water pressing Gu al
snisS q an sb5ect Immersed 20 that
.dsPeh y very nearly enc roa =. the
square fEs-A. or more than one hundred
times thsr sustained a. shs sen level
and at snr greatest Pshs sss pressure
Il - Increased that Il wuubf seem auca-
unC euuhf Withstand ir-f1 facs. heavy
metal cylinders bet down with the
sounding a~ppurTtas are sometimes. Ga
being drawn up again To the surface
found bent ami collapsed strongly
made glass vessels vhb.h the metal IN
closed are shattered into fragments
In the PrUf1undess abvSuns OF the ga
arv strange forms of Efe that newer
save when brought mp bv the t-awL
see she upper light The work carried
GA hT means 0e the United States s<h
commission vessel. the AIhasruSS ha<
established the fact that forms sf sea
Life nhahItIn- the upper waters mav
descend s1 about twelve hundred s-es
FROM the surface hus that below
tar ~ a depth Of three hundred or
three hundred AMI sixty fs-aouaS a
barren E1n -Iurgrvenes. WHERE marine
life seems absent But Ssiu G@srsr-
strange 20 SAT- has been discovered an
abundant and v4rsssi fauna new To
sasn~~ living under Conditions Of srp-
zzeussauEs pressure and paHeisv of the
hs~e~ussafnfug element Of exyren-
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