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at to the frontier of the Oasis. In another Oasis, that of Sidi- 
ached, which had been completely ruined by the drought, the digging 
of “the well of gratitude” was accempanied by touching scenes. As 
soon as the rejoiting outcries of the soldiers had announced the rushing 
forth of the water, the natives drew near in crowds, plunged themselves 
into the blessed waves, and the mothers bathed their children therein. 
1¢ old Emir could not master his feelings; tears in his eyes, he fe 
down upon his knees, and lifted his trembling hands, in order to thank 
God and the French. This well yields not less than 4,300 litres per 
minute, from a dept of 54 metres. A fifth well bas been dug at Oum 
Thior, yielding 108 ditrés per minute. Here a part of the tribes of the 
neighborhood cominenced at once the establishment of a village, planting 
at the same time hundreds of date-palms, and thus giving up their former 
nomadic life. The last well is that of Shegga, where soon an important 
agricultural centre will spring up. There is no doubt but that these 
wells will work in these parts a great social revolution. The tri 
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change the herdsman’s staff he plough of the farmer, and thus take 
the first steps towards a civilization, which, no doubt, will make rapid 
progress in Northern Africa, 
7, Ascent of Chimborazo, (Ed. N. Phil. J., vi, 370).—The Echo du Pa- 
difique of the 3d January, gives the following account of an ascent of 
Chimborazo, made on the 3d November, 1856, by a French traveller, M. 
Jules Remy, accompanied by M. Brenchley, an English trave ler. 
- “On the 23d of June, 1802, the illustrious Humboldt, accompanied 
by his friend Bonpland, made the first attempt to ascend ec aroha 
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of reaching a height so considerable; but, after having observed the snowy 
and rounded summit of Chimborazo from Guayaquil, we could not help 
thinking that it was accessible from some point or other. M. Brenchley 
and myself were thus led to form the design of attempting a third-ascent. 
“On the 21st of July, 1856, as we crossed the plateau of the Andes 
on our way to Quito, we halted at the foot of this stupendous mountain. 
We employed two days in studying its outlines from a distance, with the 
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