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Show I THE CASPIAN CHANGING ITS LEVEL. I 41 Id Hr.lnala f lha Catl'llan Era II 1 Uaa I..I.I llli lh Uraaa. Tli Caapliui rr Ilea debt jr the fl H below tlm lord ol Hi lllark tta, ami It M lira gtratit Imljr of witter In the -awM Ifl IjInMow tlio wn ImpI. ItUntntrk ablu not only fur thla (wt, Iml for Ilia cliari?-a tliat li1l nnilrrv-l In It. etl About tlisllntCTiituryuf ournn t'irro 1 tioiluiiM tliat tire lot el o( tlm K't ttuaJrlglitylltefrctalioro It -mat-it lioriion, ami of ooiira. .preoil over a -.nail mon- vitrnrlvi- ru-ra tlion at preaeiit. Tire Ituulin (le.yrrM-al oclrijr hut printed a treatl-, written 1) X, II. llilllof, on tlii-or--iiinrl;ablo rliaiiaTSiif lauL. Bilin- lire early j-att of tlio Clirlatlan era aKrnerol awl Knl iiaI ilocliire of lire lere I of tire eea lio taken plan. In tire l'Ji-liteetitli rrnturjr, however, tliero appear to Iiaia la-en a few ierlola wlieii lire level iw. From tire be-tlmiln of tire pn-wnt rentur)- tliero lini la-en n fall, but .liieo IMS, Judging from recent olitertalloiii-, tint Kite) luu la-en hljiur. Ueiitiiiant Hukoluf, u liaal nflln-r, vhllu working In tire Can-plan Can-plan reirlon fnmi 1M3 to IMS t-olleeteil miicli Infnnnatlnn. Ho found that In tlio pnwnt ei nturjr tire leul lmlateaJ lljr fallen, Ju.t ft. In tlio lat century It liml rlatn, railali- Knat appnlienaloli anions tire Inhabitants of an ImiiiuV Hon ami irUIng rlw to tire belief In Ir!otlIcal varlatlona eierjr tlilrtccli iih, lienli, wlilln In Ilakii In ITtll and 1717, fuuml .tiliincr-.l tulMIn-a w lilch bail rtiKhl on dry land thirty .rara Im. fort, and Ire mention a Miylnof tire lVnilan tlmt tha ecn row ami fill al ten lately i nj tlilrtjf year. Mr. riilllMif baitiiadonpiectaliitiiily of tire whole qiieatloi,. lniiitrini Into Ol cauv-a of them clialij-i-a of level, Ire limb) a varlplyfif Influence at work, I aiirfi n nlnd drhliiu tire wall r timard certain com.', temjierutilro of tire air ' rau.lnj In iiuiil.ier evaporation and l cnnaaitirnt fall In level, nml In winter ' cold pmliicltiu a rlo In loci. Itlvcr, I ruin and earthnunkei nro alao among tire nethu atrtnrli-a, rau-lii- lluctua tlomfrom inontlito inontli and from day to day -Ool.ltliwalto. Ow-graph. leal Magazine. |