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Show Historic Dead Sea. The Dead sea, a lake in Asiatic Turkey Tur-key and ly.ng near tbe southern extremity ex-tremity of i'alesiiue, probably got its name because Us atmosphere was formerly for-merly supposed to be fatal to life an erroneous Idea, for the people who live on its hunks are said to lie in the enjoyment of good health. But fish cannot live in iU waters, which- are especially nauseating. The Jordan nud six other rivers How into the Dead sea, which has no outlet, but gets rid of its surplus by evaporation. !n the Bible Ibis baneful body of water wa-ter Is called the Salt Sea of the Plains und Sea of the Arabah. |