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Show tlrepeat fko In tho World, Tly far tho deepest lako known in tho w orld U Lako lUikid, in KiUrin ItisIuoTcry way comparable witli feomoof tho gixut lakod of Aiucricut lor, whiloits aroa Ionly P.ooOwpioro jnlloft, making it much smaller tlmn tho thrt-o largest of our fivo grvat lnkcs nnd about tho exact equil to Lako Krio In superilcial txtrnt IU enormous depth, 4,000 to i5.0W) U.t, mnkefl tho total olumo of itH watern almost vvn to thono of Lako 8upe-rior. 8upe-rior. Ib level t 1,350 fett abovo tliat of tho Pncifio ocean, but, no vrltliAtandlng, IU bottom is moru than 3,000 foot Iwlow it. Tliero oro many other i1cenlakti In tho world, but so far Ilalkal talon tho palm Lako Maggioro U .1.000 fn.t ilei'p, Inko Como 2,000 and Ltgo-diUarda, Ltgo-diUarda, another Italian like, nearly near-ly 1,900 foot In derth. Iiko Oon etnnco nvengoa altout 1,000 feet mid Lake Superior and Michigan about 600 feet bt Louis Republic |