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was traversed in little more than six hours. Tlie 

 bodies of persons wlio had been drowned in Martigny 

 were found floating on the farther side of the Lake of 

 Geneva, near Vevey. Thousands of trees were torn 

 up by the roots, and the ruins of buildings which had 

 been overthrown by the flood were carried down be- 

 yond Martigny. In fact, the flood at this point was 

 so high that some of the houses in Martigny " were 

 filled with mud up to the second story." Beyond 

 Martigny the flood did but little damage, as it here 

 expanded over the plain, and was at once reduced in 

 depth and velocity. 



(From the Daily News for October 20, 1868.) 



A GREAT TIDAL WAVE. 



DURING the last few days anxious questionings have 

 been heard respecting the next spring tides. A certain 

 naval officer, who conceives that he can trace in the 

 relative positions of the sun and moon the secret of 

 every important change of weather, has described in. 

 the columns of a contemporary the threatening signifi- 

 cance of the approaching conjunction of the sun and 

 moon. He predicts violent atmospheric disturbances ; 

 though in another place he tells us merely that the 

 conjunction is to cause " unsettled weather," a state of 

 matters to which we in England have become tolerably 

 well accustomed. 



