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enclosed and comparatively shallow basins off the west coast 

 of Scotland. In the following table the analyses are given of 

 a few samples on the line of the submarine cable connecting 

 Marseilles with Algiers. 



To the student of the physical conditions of the sea the 

 Mediterranean possesses a very high interest; its size is such 

 as to entitle it to rank among oceans, while it is so completely 

 cut off from the remaining world of water that it presents us 

 with a type which is purely local, and one might almost say 

 provincial. 



