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  summit 
  reach 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  ; 
  also, 
  the 
  distance 
  each 
  tide 
  has 
  advanced 
  ; 
  also, 
  the 
  

   distance 
  fallen 
  from 
  G 
  towards 
  A 
  before 
  the 
  next 
  succeeding 
  tide 
  commences 
  to 
  

   enter, 
  etc., 
  etc. 
  

  

  It 
  must 
  be 
  borne 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  iv 
  represents 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  

   canal, 
  at 
  the 
  level 
  always 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  H. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  tide 
  that 
  w 
  will 
  represent 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  canal. 
  Simi- 
  

   larly, 
  a 
  will 
  represent 
  the 
  distance 
  A 
  G 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  tide 
  ; 
  it 
  will 
  repre- 
  

   sent 
  H 
  G 
  afterwards. 
  

  

  A 
  canal 
  through 
  the 
  Isthmus 
  of 
  Chiguecto, 
  connecting 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bay 
  of 
  Fundy 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  is 
  considered 
  in 
  Can- 
  

   ada 
  of 
  great 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  trade 
  between 
  that 
  country 
  and 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   States 
  of 
  the 
  Union. 
  So 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Government 
  have 
  employed 
  different 
  

   engineers 
  to 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  best 
  plan. 
  

  

  One 
  plan 
  was 
  adopted 
  at 
  an 
  estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  upwards 
  of 
  six 
  millions, 
  and 
  

   an 
  order 
  was 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Government 
  to 
  call 
  for 
  tenders 
  for 
  the 
  construction 
  

   of 
  the 
  work 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  formula 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  here 
  investigated 
  

   that 
  it 
  would 
  occupy 
  over 
  lour 
  months 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  canal 
  to 
  the 
  required 
  level 
  if 
  

   built 
  according 
  to 
  this 
  plan. 
  

  

  Another 
  plan 
  which 
  would 
  cost 
  over 
  seven 
  millions 
  was 
  about 
  to 
  be 
  adopted. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  plan 
  recommended 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  reservoirs, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  store 
  

   the 
  tide 
  water, 
  and 
  thus 
  assist 
  in 
  filling 
  the 
  canal, 
  and 
  maintaining 
  its 
  water 
  

   surface 
  at 
  the 
  required 
  level 
  for 
  navigation 
  ; 
  but 
  those 
  formulas 
  have 
  shown 
  

   that 
  according- 
  to 
  this 
  plan, 
  the 
  canal, 
  if 
  filled 
  to 
  the 
  required 
  level, 
  would 
  be- 
  

   come 
  unnavigable 
  before 
  one 
  month, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  inability 
  of 
  the 
  reservoirs 
  to 
  

   maintain 
  a 
  sufficient 
  supply. 
  

  

  Professor 
  George 
  Davidson 
  read 
  an 
  exhaustive 
  paper 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  

   coming 
  transit 
  of 
  Venus," 
  illustrating 
  his 
  remarks 
  with 
  diagrams, 
  

   etc. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stearns 
  made 
  the 
  following 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   Ferdinand 
  Stoliczka*: 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President 
  : 
  I 
  regret 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  announce 
  to 
  the 
  Academy 
  the 
  

   death 
  of 
  a 
  corresponding 
  member 
  of 
  high 
  scientific 
  reputation 
  and 
  distinguished 
  

   ability. 
  Dr. 
  Ferdinand 
  Stoliczka, 
  of 
  Calcutta, 
  palaeontologist, 
  connected 
  for 
  

   many 
  years 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  death 
  with 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  

   India 
  ; 
  also 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  Society 
  of 
  Bengal, 
  and 
  corresponding 
  

   member 
  of 
  many 
  scientific 
  societies 
  in 
  Europe 
  and 
  America, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  since 
  December 
  18th, 
  1865. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Stoliczka 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  Moravia 
  in 
  May, 
  1838, 
  and 
  died 
  on 
  the 
  nineteenth 
  

   day 
  of 
  June, 
  at 
  Shayrock, 
  betwe^ 
  the 
  Karakorum 
  Pass 
  and 
  Lah 
  in 
  Ladak, 
  

   while 
  on 
  his 
  return 
  from 
  an 
  exploration 
  amid 
  the 
  mountainous 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  

   interior 
  of 
  Central 
  Asia. 
  

  

  