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collected by the Prince himself occupies the eastern 



hall on the ground floor ...... 



The skeleton of the cachalot at the killing of which 



UK- Prince assisted. 



A whalebone whale killed in the Mediterranean 

 Several of its ribs had been broken and perfectly 



repaired. 



Surgical advantage of the body being water-borne. 

 The Prince determined the ordinary .speed of travel 



and rate of respiration of a whale in transit. 



The vicissitudes of an air-breathing animal when it 



descends rapidly to great depths .... 286 



The Meteorological Department .... 287 



The Aquarium ... ... 288 



Great service rendered to the Museum and to the 

 lence of Oceanography by the Director, 1 )r Kichard. 



No 20. l-.\ [From i: .opurdiu Hritannica, Ninth 



t ion, 1882, Vol. XIV. p. 216] 289 



Lakes are formed when a river meets a depression. 



The lake so formed will be fresh if it receives from the 



river more water than it loses by evaporation in the 



lie time In the opposite case it will be salt and it is 



a more properly called a sea ..... 289 



mples of both species. 

 trihution of Lakes. The largest are found in 



and North America. 



Small 1.. iated with Fiords very numerous, 



nid. Norway and other mountainous , im . 

 . 

 Lagoons found on >.mdv plains. 



- sometimes due to \ o]< aim action. 

 I'm ...... 



Table of dimensions <>t well known 1 



I his is dealt \\ Itii at . 



Mdcrable length because the ant!. pied lnmseli 



id had much on-mal 

 rial. 



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 n . . 294 



Tabli 



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work in th'- I . 295 



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