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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09
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circulation than any French paper
published in the Northwest.
Advertisers may at any time
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this by proper certificates from
the superintendent Of mails.
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France. ct AIemagne

Une des principles revues d'Al-
lemagne, la :Deutsche Runds
chau," public I'm long article sur
Ia valeur comparative des armees
allemande ct FRANCHISE. Get srtl-
Gle emprunte une Importance par
tlouliAre au nom du signata're, lie
general Won der Glotz, Peruvian
m1%illtaire bien connu, l'auteur de
oe livre c6l6bre, "La Nation Ar
m6e."
.La France dit Peruvian militaire,
nossAde 80 millions Inhabitants, PAlle-
magne ~, ct pourtant Ia France entire,
tient. en- temps de paix, tant en- officers
nn'en hommes, chevaux ct canons. nne
armee considerablement plus forte, Ellie
forme chaque aimee $4,000 soldats de
Mus ct ouand la loi militaire actuelle
sera applique dams toute son extension,
Ia France pourra METRE u pied gu
moins I'm demi-million d'hommes, ayant
saryi. de plus que l'Al!emagne. Plus tal.
hIa mar elle-meme, la France q done pour
ie moment depasse pAllemagne par 50
forme armee."
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09

jaloux probablement de la bril-
lante r6nommfe que s'est acquise
son compere en- democratic, veut
empecher les danes de porter DIES
crinolines.
Quelqun grotesque que celia
puisse paraftre, nous ne plaisan-
tons nullement.
Et pour quill ne reste aucun
dpute dams l'esprit de nos l%ecteurs
ct de nos confreres de la presse,
nous leur soumettons ci dessous lie
texte literal de CO. prof. de loi
pr6sent6 par Geo. M. Blocker, IN
des lumieres du parti d6mocra
tique de Minneapolis.
Section 1. It will be unlawful for any
person to manufacture or sell, or to offer
for sale or use, or to permit the manufac-
ture. sale or use of any hoopskirt or
hoopskirts or anything like %thereunto,
within the limits of Minnesota.
Sec. 2. Any person violating this act
or in any way assisting the violation OF
duy DIOVASlOu VI Uu16 uSV 0AUtA OC pun
ished by a fine of not less than SIS nor
more than $25 for each offence and in
default shall be imprisoned in the coun.
ty Jail for a period not exceeding 80
days.
TRAD.-Section /. II sera illegal pon1
toute p%ersonne de fabriquer, de vendre ou
de METRE Gu vente, GU de porter GU dc
permetare de fabriquer, de vendre, dc
Moline GU toute autre chose semblable
dams les limites du Minnesota.
Section 2. Toute personne violant Get
te loi GU aidant d la violer sera punie dune
amende qui ne sera pas inferieure a SIS n
superieure a $25 pour chaque DELFT ct
default de Placement sera emprisonne'
pour un temps n'sxcedant pas 80 jours.
Est CO assoz grotesque???
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09

LIE prolet de loi, No guarantee
deux pr6sent6 d la chambre dee
Deputies du Minnesota ne tend
rien noins qua transformer lie
dimanche en- I'M simple jour on.
vrable.
II demande en- efet que les ar
tioles du code penal, qui prohibent
le travail manuel, les amusements
publics on lie commerce public lie
dimanche, soient abolis.
II ny a heureusem emit aucun
danger que CO projet baroque de-
vienne jamais loi, mails la homie
men rejaillira pas moias sur celui
que q en- le triste courage de lie
presenter.
III nous semble que Fourier q
assez de six iours de travail
pour qu'on lui laisse le septieme
pour sc reposer.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09
RIDIcuLE

n6c;d6ment les membres demo-
orat;nues de la Chambre des depu-
t t 4; du S6nat du Minnesota
t t41 ) s'assurer, dams ces deux
assemblies Legislatures, lie mono
D6;a. il : a deux ans, le senateqr
McHeia Atait devenu le jouet, la
,.;aAg de SEES colleagues ct dc ses
c~onstituants en- pr6sentant un
nro;at de loi r5glementant la lon
pa,,r DIES iupes des danseuses de
BALLET: auiourd'hui c'est IN mem. ).
bra deia Chambre des: deputies qui
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09
HOHC DE LoUH5T

I'm motif IN peu 6go1ste ct int6res-
s6 qui les fsit agir ainsi; toujours
est-il que laiques, quand ills sont
di1ig6s sagement sont loin de mon
trer autant dc z6le ct d'ardeur pour
la grande maese des immjgr6s alle-
mands ct autres.
I'm deuxieme lieu, on est un peu
honteux de songer que cette ques-
ton de langue ct coutume n'e1is-
te pas en- Am6rique en- dehors de
|PEglise Catholique.
Parmi les Luth6riens. les Calva-
nistes ct autres sectes p~rotestantes
composites Giles aussi d'6trangers,
on a lie bon sens de changer la lam
que, de la chaire dos que lon So
percoit que la jeunesse nee au
pays est devenue assez nombreuse.
On le fait sans secousse ct sans
discussion. Je connais moi. meme
plusieurs 6glises lutherlennes dams
ces environs, d'od la langue~ allie
mande a etc peu d peu ecart6e, sans
causer aucune reclamation, mails
je ne crois pas qu'on pourrait otter
une seule parroisse catholique i'm
portante fond6e par des allemands
dams une vile, Cd le cure ait ia
mails reimbursement institute un
commencement de r6forme dams
cette direction. Ces messieurs SEM
blent Abatement enfonc6s dams
une orniere des plus profondes. Ell
SO consolent dams leur aveuglement
en- fulminant grossierement
du haut de la chaire contre les
ieune gems qui s'am6ricanisenr
trop vite. qul won't dams les 6gliset
anglaises ct qui scion eux SO dam
nent parce qu'ils m6prisent LEI
BONES vieilles coutumes alleman
DIES. A bon entendeur, salut!
UN AMERICAN IMRORTE
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09

Dams une explosion de feu
grisou qui a Gu lieu aux Charlton
nages de Becklinghausen, West
phalie, Is mineurs ont etc tues
sur lie coup ct IL autres plus GU
moins gri4vement blesses.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09

Nous appelons l'attention de
nos lecteurs sur la correspondence
intitul6e "Am6ricains Import6s'
que nous publions dams une autre
colonne.
Nous ne doutons pas an eeai
instant que notre confrere de Fall
River rel6vera le CANT.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09

Un projet de lol qul sera certai-
nement blen accuellli de pou-
vrier. dams le Minnesota, est
celui qui obllgera les preteurs
sur cages (pawnbrokers) q dimi-
nuer dams des proportions colossal
les lie taux de l2O pour cent par an,
oui leur est coutumier dams le Min.
nesota.
Esp6rons que la Chambre des
DEPUTIES du Minnesota laissera de
cote les crinolines pour s'occuper
de projects de loi pouvant favoriser
Ia olasse ouvriere.
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Honorable Desjaldins q etc
Flu MARIE de Montreal par l5l voix
de mslorit6.
Apres avoi1 recu dams NANTES
elections, rappui des Cana
dlens Francois, r6l6ment irlan-
dsls est rest6, dams cette circon
stance ct CONNIE toujours du reste
fd6le B 60 devise.
"Tout pour MOI"
Et le reste, pour les autres.
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n q V0 R0
Du DR. PIERRE

OU DR.. Pierre
est un des meilleurs remedies de notre kpoque. II
nettoie lie sang, renouvelle la vitalitE, enleve du
corps tout germe de maladie, ct met en- meme temps
les organes dams de BONES conditions de fonction.
nement. La medicine Sc compose de plus de trente
sortes d'ingredients differents, tires principaleement
du regne vegetal; il est connu ct en- usage depuis
plus de cent ans. Son emploi a etc tres avantageux
dams la genEralite des maux qui de nos jours aztec.
tent phumanite ct principalement dams ces maladies
qui proviennent du sang ct des describes de Pesto-
mac, telles que constipation, maux de tete, maladie
des rognons, condition bilieuse, jaunisse, rhuma-
tismes, hydropisie, dyspepsia, indigestion, fevre
intermittent, 6resypeles, boutons Il la face, PRISONS
ct fevre, s%crofule, plates purulentes, demangeai-
sons, vers, dartres, clous, eruptions, cutanees, ex'
croissances cancereuses. maux ct plates, douleurs
dams lie systeme osseux, emaciation, maladies de
femmes, faiblesse, bronchites, rougeole, maux de
reins, embellishments, etc.
LIE NovoRo nest pas une medicine brevetee, ct il
nest pas en- vente chez les droguistes; mais, mus
par un sentiment de gratitude envers lc docteur ct
d&sireux de faire participer lie genre human aux
benefces qu'ils en- ont recus. les hommes ct les
femmes qui ont etc. gueris par &c remede en- sont
devenus les agents ct lie font ainsl parvenlr aux
malades les plus eloignes. :,
II a une grande valeur CONNIE remede de tamllle,
particulierement pour les personnes qui demeurent
4 une grande distance des medecins ct des pharma.
ciens. LIE remede ne peut pas etre obtenu des dro-
guistes, mais settlement des agents locaux. Pour
plus amples informations ct sill ne Sc trouve pas
d'agent dams votrc voisinage. ecrivez au DR.. Peter
Fahrney, 1l2-114S How're Ave-. Chicago, III.
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ATTENTION

Vous pouvez acheter lie lot 8, b.
IL, Bottineau addition, grandeur
66xl65, pour $1,000. Placements
faoiles.
W. DEMEuLFs. |
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09
EUROPE.

La Femme-Homard est la
derni6re curiosit6 q Paris. E.le a
a la place DIES mains ct des pieds
de v6ritables pines.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09

lie "Soleil" annonce qu'une
division de l'escadre franchise de
la M6diterran6e a quits Toulon a
l'improviste avec des instructions
cachetees.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-02-09

derni6re curiosit6 q Paris. E.le a
q la place DIES mains ct DIES pieds
de v6ritables pines.
lie "Soleil' annonce qu'une
division de lescadre FRANCHISE de
la M6diterran6e a quits Toulon a
l'improviste avec des instructions
cachetees.
Dams une explosion de feu
grisou qui a Gu lieu aux Charlton
nages de Becklinghausen, West
phalie, Is mineurs ont etc tues
sur lie coup ct IL autres plus on
moins gri4vement bless4s.
PAR1s.-La nouvelle enquete
institu6e par NJ. Franqueville, ju-
&c d'instruction dams I'affaire du
Panama, a rapport aux 104 d6pu-
t6s mentionn6s dams les papiers
d'Arton. LIE preuve contre ces
hommes qui 6tait concluante est
devenue eucore plus accabtante
par la d6couverte des documents
qui ont etc saisis reinforcement.
-Des renseignements pris au
ministere des affaires 6trangeres
q Berlin, au sujet de l'affaire DIES
lies Hawai- il r6sulte que PAlle-
magne est diposee pr6sentement
a roster neutre; mails 81 les Etats-
Unis donnent suite au projet dan
nexion, T'Allemagne cherchera une
compensation dams d'autres 1les de
l'oc6an Pacifque.
RoME.-Le Mosiacs ct les docu-
ments envoy6s par le Vatican a
deposition de Chicago sont re-
gard6s CONNIE 81 pr6ieux qu'on
les a places sous la garde de deux
soldats du croiseur "Newasks"
qui les surveilleront mutt ct jour
jusqu'A New-York,
Les fouilles enterprises en-
Egypte, sous les auspices de NJ. le
due de Dino, viennent de rendre
a la lumiere les ruines d'H6liopo-
lis. On salt Importance de cette
cite sainte ct on devine la joie que
cette d6couverte causera dams le
monde savant.
PAR1s.-Hier a Gu lieu, au pa
lais de PElys6e, la c6r6monie de
Ia remise de la barrette de cardi
nal a Mgrs Thomas, archeveque de
Rouen, ct Meignan, archeveque
dc Tours.
A cette occasion, les nouveaux
cardinaux ont assure lie president
de la r6publique de leur d6voue-
ment aux institutions republican,
mes, commencement aux instruc-
tions envoy6es par le pape Leon
XIII.
M, Carnot les a f6licit6s de Sc
montrer ainsi en- harmonic avec
les sentiments du chef de l'Eglise
ct il a ajout6 que Influence du
clerg6 pouvait etre dun grand
seeours pour la consolidation des
institutions existantes.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-29

II am mn Cd woman, and II does
not much matter what happens to ME.
I shall stay quietly here, but you and
Magdalena may find a securer shelter"
She paused. "And yet, perhaps, 1t II
better for you to stay. See how Tar
we are from the main streets. The
French will keep to them, for they will
be worn out with cold and hunger and
fatigue. God can keep lis as safely
here as anywhere else" &
Franz shook his head.
We must not stay here to be MUIR
dered on our own hearth. No, no,
grandmother; if you will not let rae
fight we must find some way Of esc.pe.
Ii Lorenz Imhoff would let you stay
here I will not"
A door on one side Of the fireplace
deeply Swallowed corner. Her black
dress made her at first in~distinct, but
as she advanced a fair young face,
| with golden hair like her brothers,
showed plainly.
This was Franz's sister, Magdalena
Herber. She looked. at the boys
flushed cheeks, and then she saw that
her grandmother was unusually seri-
GUS.
Something has been happening, she
said. Tell me what it is" =
Franz broke in before Frau Herber
could speak:
"Magdalena, if you knew some one
was coming here to rob the house
and perhaps murder you, what should
| you doy"
She laughed. ITO begin with, there
is nothing in the house worth steal
ing, and there has not been a murder
n Freitenberg since 1 can remember.
What has excited you, Franz7 Have
you been reading fairy tales? You
have not even kissed me-
Franz went up to her and kissed her
forehead. :
OF late he had grown impatient Of
her playful raillery. When he was her
Franz and felt sure that he had no
rival In her affections, then Magdalena
might do as she pleased, but for some
months this had been changed, and
Franz felt secretly uneasy. Lorenz I'm.
= hoff, the son of n of the wealthiest
: citizens of Freitenberg, often came to
the house, and Franz ~noticedthat Mag
dalena blushed when Lorenz came. Be-
sides, his school fellows had jeered him
and asked him when the Wedding was
going to happen. "
II am not more excited, as you call
: it, than Herr Walters is, or Heinrich
Tafel, or Louis Werner, or any good
citizen of F~reitenberg. All, well, laugh
away! Grandmother does not think it
Q laughing matter. You will not laugh
when the French soldiers are in the
town-and they are On the road, and
the town council says we are to sit
still while the butchers rob and muir
der U.s." ~
Magdalepa's pale face turned very
white, her eyes distended, and she went
close te her grandmother and put her
arm around Fer. Can this be tt11ue1'
she said.
ITO Be C%ontinued.}
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-29

rionka out. she is painred Wnite anu
erharf bv chain cables, she has gang
- ! ne,-fect counterpart OF the Dat.e
shin indiana now approaching coinpie-
tinn in Philadelphia. There IS no reg
ord kent. but it is probable thar no less
Than 10000 people visit the snip u;lny.
Gunner Walsh, who has charge OF lne
ordnonce of the ~5essel, which, " uae
NAV. IL about the only genuine !nHis
about her, says that the stream oa ps ~
ple who enter the after gansWay' g.
through the ship and depart py .iie W.
ward gang way Is incessant, u - ons
now and then that anybody comsS
along who has an intelligent conceRuon
of what a modern man-of-war Is: ny
know something about guns n Iorll-
fications. but the inside OF q snip tney
have never seen. The majority OF pep
nile are impressed from the very pesl,
ming: they come on board with q iee,-
ing of uncertain curiosity; they lou
obout the spacious decks, into the COM
Portable. not to say luxurious CABINS
and then their ideas Of what a manor
war is begin to expand. 1t Is hard TO
saw with which special department.
they are most impressed. Rural VISIT
ors to the ship care very little about
the guns or the armament. Iney III
spect. however, closely the quarters
Of the officers and the Accommodations
of the men. They look through II
chartroom with great interest u
listen attentively to the explanations
of how a great ship is handled at sea.
The lady visitors pay particular atten-
ton to the ships galley and to the Gu
linary department, and all good mousse
keepers common d the absolute cieah-
illness of the mess tables n the ooK
ing utensils. The paymasters depart,
ment is also the object of a great deai
Of interest, and particularly that
| branch Of It known as Small stores
In the days of the old navy It used to
be q saying that q paymaster had ev-
| erything for sale from q hairpin to q
| kedge anchor, but if that were true OF
| the old navy it is infinitely more true
| to-day. In those days Jack had to live
on salt pork and salt beef. He eombed
his Aair' with q COW brush and scrubbed
his clothes with a curry comb, The
| only vegetable he ever get at sea was
q patent thing called deslcated vegeta-
bles. Every farmer knows what a
silo is and how green food for stock Is
prepared by the silo for use. Desicated
vegetables were prepared in the old
days i precisely the same way. Jack
used to call them ''desecrated vegeta-
bles," and the name was inapt, for a
viler compound was never PREPARED for
the human stomach.
All this is changed in these days.
| NJ, ~ora avIfhSt IN {t,, ~ -, 81 npssS
department Of the battle ship shows
the presence Of canned fruits, canned
vegetables of all variety and prepared
meats in their countless forms. Not
all Of these enter into the daily ntlons,
but Jack can buy what he wants under
certain rules, which is something never
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-29

berth deck. One of the party happened
to be an old navy man, but Mr.. Walsh
did not know that at the time. MIR.
Walsh pointed to a huge oval grommet
made of hemp rope and asked II any Of
the party knew what q "jackass" was
ON board q ship. The ex-naval man
said yes he had heard Of such things.
and wanted to know of MI Walsh
which particular he meant, the
marine officer or the greenest midship-
man. Mr.. Walsh scowled ut this reply,
but proceeded to show the crowd what
a genuine jackass is. For the benefit
of those who may think that this is a
sly dig at Gunner Walsh himself, which
it is not by any means, 1t should he
said that a ships "jackass' il q struct.
ure Of hempen rope which takes the
place Of the chain IN the hawse holes
when the ship 10 ut sen. But for the
jackass, who rears his stately ruMp to
the cresting waves, the water would
come in the hawse holes In a heavy
sea and might sink the ship. This very
thing occurred ut the dreadful hNrri.
cane at Samoa a few years lga when
the flagship Trenton went down.
But it Is not alone In modern naval
appliances that the exhibits on the bat
tie ship are interesting. Nearly all Of
the treasures Of naval history taken
from museums ut variuls naval yards
are on exhibit. There arr pictures and
models Of historical ships; portraits OF
eminent heroes from Paul Jones down,
and hundreds OF interesting things
which visitors love to ponder over. In
fact Capt. Haussig has under his com
mand n of the most instructive feat
ures OF the great exposition. He has,
too, what very few naval commanders
in command of a battle ship Gun boast
OF, and that Is absolute Immunity from
any danger Of collision. Since the
British disaster this fact has been
brought home to him In q comforting
way. While it Is true Capt. Taussig
cannot maneuver his ship because she
Is cemented securely to the beach, Il
is equally true that no other vessel ean
Fun into her. And so when Capt. Taus-
sig comes out of his magnificent cabin,
and with spyglass In hand observes the
approach Of the whalebacs he il not ut
all concerned. He doesn't care whether
The captain of the whalebaok Is Oheying
orders or whether he isn't, he has no
| apprehension as to whether the steer
ing gear of either Of either vessel works
or whether it does not. He Ia MS Sc
renely placid as the statue Of Lord
Nelson ON a PEDESTAL. He knows that
II the whalebaCk should lose her rudder
even, or in any other way become un-
comfortable his awn ship would be safe.
Long before the whalehack could reach
her happy PROV would be in the air,
her bottom on the sand ard her passen-
gers tumbling into the water. There
Is probably no ship in the world SO alb
solutely safe from collision and 30 per-
fectly secure from the dangers OF the
deep as Capt. Taussig's tattle ship liz
rois.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-29
A PUzzLlNG QUESTION.
What Becomes OF the 9ne-Legged
NRHiE Odd Shoe.

= .r-F - EH.- vaa 49, ~ .slJ&r
what Becomes Of the 9ne-Legged
NNRHiE gda Shoe.
Just what becomes Of the shoes
which SHOULD adornn the b missing foot
Of q o~pelegggedl man Is 4 matter ct
some interest, and should furnish food
for thought to minds Of q speculative
tendency: While the number Of men
who actually have but one leg Ii not
large, there are many who from one
or another wear but one shoe,
or from some discrepancy In their feet
have to have one shoe OF an especial
pattern, There are also the men with
artificial legs, who, although they wear
q pair Of shoes, tread much more light
" ON the artificial leg than o the
natural one, making ri shoe last
about three times as long as the other.
There are sone shoe stores which,
buying their goods directly irons the
manufacturers, are willing to sell a
the other back to the factory to be
mated; but almost the universal Gus
tom Is to sell only whole pairs. The
question then arises, What becomes
Of the large number OF new shoes
which are bought IN this way, and
which are entirely. useless to their own
ers?" The solution OF the problem
seems to be at present veiied is oh
security, and To be known only to the
~9nelegged shoe Wearer himself. None
9f the llocall shoe dealers who were
questioned COIIld :QfVa any inflammation
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-29
LIKE A SHALLOW SAUCER.
Fhe Bed Of the, Atlantic Crews Low
eF Regularly Toward the Center.

Fhe Bed Of the, Atlantic grows Low=
eF Regularly Toward the Center.
Proceeding westward from the Irish
coast the ocean bed deepens very grad
ually; ip fact, for the first $3.50 miles
the gradient is but six feet to the
mile: In the next twenty miles, how
ever, the fall is oyer 1900 feet, and
SO precipitops is the sudden descent
that in many places depths Of 1890
to 1900 fathems APE encountered in
very close proximity to the ~1O0-fathom
line. With the depth of 1,sO0 to 1900
fathems the sea bed in this part of the
Atlantic becomes q slightly undulating
plain, whose gradients are SO light
that they show but little alteration of
depth for 1900 miles. The extlaordi-
nary fairness Of these submarine prai-
ries renders the familiar smile of the
basin rather inappropriate: The hol-
low Of the Atlantic is not strictly a
basin whose depth increases regularly
toward the centeri it is described by
the Nautical Magazine as rather a sau-
Ger or dish-like one, SO even ia the con-
tour Of it's bed. The greatest depth
in the Atlantic has been found some
100 miles to the northward Of the ISL
and Of st. Thomas. where soundings Of
1875 fathoms were obtained. The seas
round Great Britain car hardly be re-
garded as forming part Of the Atlantic
hollow. They are rather q part Of the
platform banks Of the European con-
tinent which the ocean has overlooked.
An elevation Of the sea bed 100 faith
oms would suffice to lay bare the great
est part of the North sea, and join Eng
land to Denmark, Holland, Belgium
and France. A deep channel of water
would run down the west coast of
Norway and with this the majority OF
the fiords would be connected. A great
part Of the Bay Of Biscay would disap-
pear; but Spain and Poftugalsa are but
little removed from the Atlantic de.
preston. The 1O0-fathom line ap.
proaches very near the west coast,
and soundipgs Of 1000 fathoms can be
made within twenty miles Of Cape st
Vincent, and much greater depths have
been sounded at distances but little
greater than this from the western
shores Of the Iberian peninsula.