... side there are several depressions of t depth—witness the soundings of %,?Ag;? and 27,366 ft. north of Porto Rico. In the Caribbean Sea, off Jamaica to the west, the bottom was touched at 20,240 ft. Thus the deepest sounding gives us over 54 miles, and ...

... trailed from our stern, and half the nations were dubiously represented amidships, as we lunged about th: waters of the moody Caribbean. “Chin (of the Officers’ Mess) and 1 (of the Engineers’ Mess) had freguent altercations because of a mysterious mix-up in ...

... depths recorded are the North Atlantic, 8,391 metres; South Pacific, 8,300; South Atlantic, 7,400; Indian Ocean, 6,300: Caribbean Sea, 6,275. The metre is 3in. On the other hand, the Baltic is comparatively ehal- Jow, not quite 400 metres. In clear water ...

... stated that when the vessel, which was bound for Vancouver, had been 24 hours at sea, the defendants were discovered. lln the Caribbean Sea they were transhipped to the Viking Star and brought to London. The lads said their object was to get work. as there ...

... Star steamer Germanic, which has just arrived at Liverpool, brings particulars of an extraordinary case of shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea. The Gellert, a Dritish vesse!, commanded by Captain Long, which was bound to San Domingo, when near the Island of Catalinita ...

... continent was without a name. He believed that he bhad reached a western part of India, s 0 he called the islands in the Caribbean Sea the West Indies. The name America is from Amerigo Vespucci, a traveller from Florence, who visited the country a year ...

... Syrians, who can read and write. In addition it is estimated that on both sides of the continents north and south of the Caribbean Sea there are at least 15,000 who are conversant with Arabic. The title of the paper is Kowbab America, which signifies * ...