Show of or tue THE Occil bocc 4 A few days ago a paper containing the results of various observations made in the tin coast survey by A D bache dache was read before the scientific asocial tion at washington among oilier interesting was one relating to the shape of ilia tile floor or bottom of n the ocean showing that some extraordinary depressions exist along our oun ouboun own oun coa coast s for or instance on n the spawned line abreast of charleston from arc m the to sixty miles out the depth in increase creates pretty gradually till at that distance it har hns acau acquired red A depth of one hundred fat fathoms hoins G kloct but it soon deepens with will great rapA rapidity ity as as him vim lehn the on one side of a mou mountain until nt at about eighty mies miles out nut the ocea ocean n bottom is more than thau hix pix ix hundred anu anti fifty fathoms ft from the surface this rius comi forward less than thant ijen ilen di milea when the depth as sud hud ruddily nily dily decreases lo 10 not inore lnore than thin three hur aurdre hundred bundred I 1 a and nd fi ty fat fathoms hollis which in i goes on on only ly a few miles when ri it again de debens pens tr its about give five hundred falli ft with subsequent fluctuations chere is i therefore tiie llie a sub submersed merced mountain peak or ride between these points of a truly remarkable character diameter tile the differences in th temperature odthe of the water vary almost kreci preci iely tely fely feiy according its lri 0 o the change of or contour of the bot bottom torn showing that the temperature at grett gretl reptha depths is 18 much modified by the thee propinquity of the oceans bed it appears that the gulf stream whilst certainly not superficial does doe s not run to the bottom for fur florida at twelve hundred fath fathoms onis 72 the water in summer is of a temperature at I 1 ire lre of 33 2 deg def fahrenheit a degree be below ow the average winter temperature much further north ex |