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recent Investigations prove that
elghty-three per cent. of all the ocean
floor lies further down than one thou-
sand fathoms, or one mile below the
surface; twenty-one per cent. lies be-
tween one and two miles; fifty per cent.
lies between two and three miles, and
seven per cent. is known to lie further
down than three miles.
1t Is reported from Sierra Leone that
those who are engaged in investigating
the mosquito theory Of malaria in that
district poured dram of kerosene oil,
as an experiment, upon puddle about
a square yard in area, 1oa ting on which
were numbers of Anopheles larvae,
with the result that after six hours all
the larvae were found to be dead
Glimmering phosphorescent lights
play an important part in the activities
and strategies going on in the deep sea.
Phosphorescent organs appear some
times to act as bulrs-eye lanterns to
enable the monsters possessing them to
pick up food in their midnight under
lure or a warning to other species.
Lake Chelan, in the State of Wash
ington, just east of the Cascade range
OF mountains. was recently the scene
Of strange disturbance. Without
warning, the water in the center of the
lake, which is some forty miles long
and three or four broad, rose to a height
or fifteen feet Immense waves rolled
upon the shores, and a large creek
emptying into the lake ran dry for
three hours. There is an Indian tradi-
ton Of a volcanic crater having once
existed in the neighborhood Of the lake.
There Is already talk in England of
developing the natural resources of the
Sudan through scientific explora ton.
Immense forests line the banks of the
Blue Nile along it's upper reaches, ex-
tending to the Abyssinian frontier. The
ebony-tree is met with along that river
and also near the Sobat. On the White
Nile the india-rubber creeper, a valu-
able source of rubber, abounds. There
are large forests in the Bahr-el- Ghazal
province. Gold was once mined in
some Of the mountains of the Sudan.
Search will be made for coal.
DR.. II. Hauthal, an Argentine savant,
has put forward a startling theory con-
cerning the remains Of gigantic sloths,
related to the great megatherium and
the mylodon, recently found in Pata-
gonia. In his opinion, these animals,
whose race Is now extinct, were kept
in a domesticated state by the prehis-
toric inhabitants of Patagonia. A cave
at Ultima Esperanza, where many in
dications Of the former presence of
the huge sloths have been found, is re-
garded by Doctor Hauthal as having
been used by the ancient Patagonians
as a stable for the beasts.
The marvellous effects that are some
times produced by music may eventual
ly receive a scientific explanation. In
recent lecture at oxford University,
Professor McKendrick said that, while
the intricate connections of the audi
tory nerves are only just being un.
ravelled, it is probable that the roots of
those nerves are more widely distrb-
uted and have more extensive connec-
tions than those of any other nerves In
the human body. Researches on the au-
ditory nerves indicate that there is
scarcely a function Of the Body which
may not be affected by the pulsations
and harmonic combinations Of musical
tones.