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Show Itcmtirtittrif! ShiiiI Drifts. Dry, loose saud, whore ver it occurs, Is constantly being shitted by tho w -id, aud often bur ion cultivated lands, buildings and forests On the shores of Lako Michigan ' i.re drifts 1U0 feet deep, und thoso of Cornwall Corn-wall will roach BmJ foot In depth, while tbo drifts of the Oobl desert aro 40 miles long and UK) foot hiiih Iu places. On tlio shores of the Hay of Illseay tho d rifling sand tray. its Inland lo feet u year, In parts of Don. inarnDI feet and InHouthorn IndlnlTyards. In Mi'ne places walls nnd barriers uf vego-t vego-t it '..n havo been creutod to stop tho do s vlnif dnfts I'lno sand Is taken up to a Ki t i . ii'M ni thn air nnd deposited many ii , iv i Iii ! 'i Iceland was vlslud by i i . ' mi d storm, lasting two v w i ii I I tin aun and objects a fow y4V i r a .' se fog, and caused the ilMthWt .sat. is cf. beep aud horses. |