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328 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [CHAP, VII. 
fathoms, that was the temperature of the whole 
mass of water beneath, down to the greatest depth 
explored.” The temperature at 100 fathoms varies 
very little from 138°C. (55°5° Fahrenheit), and the 
Mediterranean attains in many places a depth of up- 
wards of 1,500 fathoms, so that here we have the 
strange phenomenon of an underlying mass of water, 
1,400 fathoms deep, of a uniform moderate tempera- 
ture; a state of things singularly different from that 
which obtains at like depths in the Atlantic. Dr. 
Carpenter’s ingenious speculations as to the cause 
of this difference will be considered later. 
VAAY CHURCH IN SUDERO. 
