| Show SCH Y li on n I in a late paper dr james janies geilda shows the greatest greatest rise of the gulf stream an and its vast influence upon northern climates and concludes that the opening of the proposed canal across of panama will have as much effect upon the gulf stream and the climate of northwestern E europe drope as the emptying of a tea of boiling water into tho the arctic ocean would leivo in raising the annual temperature in greenland the ra rainfall infill of caliern bunji a small indian station in southwestern assam is believed to exceed in quan quantity fity that of any other known pl place occupies the aumill summit it of one of the K chasia hasia hills at an elevation of feet these hills rise abruptly from the plains plain R I and lie directly in iii the lie course of the tile I southwest inon monsoon soon from th the e bengal coast surcharged with moisture the air currents sweep across neross thelow the lowlands and are deflected upward by the hill the expansion of tho the current on rising causing a fall of temperature and condensation of the in moisture oi sture the effect is aur surprising for while tho the low plains have an averige vera go yearly fall of only about inches of rain the annual rainfall of is inches or more than 41 feet asa As a compari bonit may bo stated eliat the annual rainfall of the tho united states is from 12 to 50 inches being great acet near the sea beard A european observer 31 de lias has lately studied certain of tho the lower cru crustaceans r with ith a view of deciding whether or not those creatures are able to distinguish colors asa As a result of his experiments peri perin ments lents he lie has concluded that while the crustaceans are fully alive to the tile difference between light and darkness it is solely the quantity of the light and not the quality which affects them thern for they cluster in nearly equal numbers around two rays of equal intensity whatever may be lie colors colora there appears to be a wido difference between the lower crustaceans and man in the perception of light while we see eee diffie different rent colors and their different intensities the crustaceans sta ceans see only ono color with variations of intensity we pe perceive er colors as colors colons they only distinguish them thein as li light bt acco according arding to the recent calculations of mr G 11 II darwin darr in I the earth and rind the moon must have formed only one body some fifty four million years or more ago and at a it time when this body was rotating at the rate of about ono one revo revolution lutio 11 in five hours the mass now w forming tho the moon be became came se separated arald from it thus was li el moon born or nand and prof ball in his exposition of carwins Dar wins views concludes that in timo time the wound on tho the earth carth became entire entirely lv healed leaving no scar to testify fo to the mighty catastrophe to this final W conclusion lic lusion mr fisher now iohd ann i an amendment he ile believes that the koars yet exist and that arc are tho ocean ocein basins tho laboris lao oris raw u was as thrown from atlo arah the liquid interior must have risen to fill the hoi hole and arii granite crust in must U t eave have been borne toward the cavity tho hole only partially filled up and aud the crust became broken into tac which now form forin tin the W X |
