The Mediterranean Sea 219 



of the Lipari group are still active, Stromboli and Vulcano being 



of the number. Off the south coast of Sicily, and between it 



and the island of Pantellaria, occurs the famous Graham's 



shoal, the remains of what was for a few weeks an island 1 . 



The deepest water of the Mediterranean is found in its 



st part between Malta and Crete, and the deep water 



s close up to the Italian and Greek coasts, while on the 



African shore the water shoals more gradually. In the Strait 



! ssina, close to Reggio, there are depths of over 500 fathoms, 



similar depths are found inside gulfs, such as those of 



T.irunto (nearly 1000 fathoms), of Corinth, Kalamata, and 



others. Also all through the JEgean in its many bights and 



mels very deep water is met with; in the Sea of Marmora 



have 500 fathoms, and in the Black Sea over 1000 fathoms. 



All along the south coast of Asia Minor the water is very deep, 



and the large islands of Cyprus and Crete are both separated 



It ( -p water from the mainland. If we take the eastern 



basin, and run along its western and southern coasts from the 



mouth of the Po along the shore of Italy, Sicily, and Africa to 



the mouth of the Nile, and even further along the Syrian shore, 



we do not find a single off-lying island of any importance except 



the Malta group, while all along the eastern and northern coasts 



from Trieste to Asia Minor the coast is deeply indented, and the 



water broken up by many large and important islands. These 



re grouped along the west coast of Turkey and Greece, 



rly throughout the .fligean. The east coast of the 



Adriatic is studded with island-- and inlets, and resembles in 



the .I.L;( an ; the west coast, on the other hand, is 



1 With regard to its appearance and disappearance Admiral Smythe 



arly as the 28th >f June 



Captain Swinburne, in passing nearly over the spot, felt s< 



shocks of a sea-quake, proving that tin n in operation; but 



i tli of tin- following July the < later had accumulated to a few 



Vvel of thr Ml in a great activity, emitting vast 



in, ashes, and s< \m 1 i<>n> that tune it .uradually increased 



r i ir u inference was 

 about 3240 feet ami n ! . i'/ht 107; then from October various changes 



\ dl-appeaird ill I 



changed considerably In is*..* tin- least it was 15 feet. 



has two heads close together, and at the distance of about jo yar.K all 



