64 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



The curves expressing the conductivity of dry soils lie be- 

 tween the corresponding curves for water and the air, while 

 the curves for wet soils lie, in general, on the other side of 

 the curves for water; so that the conductivity of water is in- 

 termediate between that of wet and dry soils. 19 C\ VIII., 

 145. 



EARTHQUAKES AND MAGNETIC DISTURBANCES. 



Professor Lamont, director of the observatory at Munich, 

 says that many cases are known where magnetic disturbances 

 coincide with earthquakes, and states that on April 18 he 

 by chance saw the needle of the declination instrument re- 

 ceive a sudden jerk, the oscillations continuing for some 

 time. After some days he received news that violent os- 

 cillations of the needle had been observed in Parma, and 

 subsequent computations showed that the movement had 

 begun at the same moment in Parma and in Munich ; while, 

 later still, reports were received of a violent earthquake oc- 

 curring simultaneously in Greece. 12 A, X., 224. 



PHYSICAL AND FAUNAE RESEMBLANCES BETWEEN TnE LAKES 



OF GALILEE AND OF UTAH. 



There is some resemblance between the physical condi- 

 tions of the lakes of Galilee and of Utah. Both are in 

 mountainous regions, and are fed by mountainous streams ; 

 both are connected by a river with a larger body of salt or 

 brackish water. They are but few degrees apart in north 

 latitude. About the year 1864 Dr. Tristram investigated 

 the zoology of Palestine, and determined for the first time 

 the true relationships of the animals enumerated by Moses. 

 He discovered that the species alluded to as the "unicorn" 

 is the wild buffalo of the East. He brought home a fine 

 series of fishes of the Lake of Galilee, which have been de- 

 termined by Dr. Gunther, of the British Museum. Seven- 

 teen species are included in the list, which enter seven fam- 

 ilies. There is an eel, a considerable number of chubs and 

 minnows, a cat-fish, and four species of perch. No doubt 

 the last named constitute the more highly valued edible 

 fishes, and may be regarded as the especial object of pur- 

 suit of Andrew and Simon Peter, and of James and John. 

 Perhaps it was one of these that our Lord had obtained 



