soe ers Schlagintweit (well known from their earlier journeys Ut ae’ 
310 Geographical Notices. 
Soundings and Surveys near the African coast.—The following 
information is derived from the Address, before mentioned, or 7 
Sir R. I. Murchison : ae 
“On a recent route from Malta to the Dardanelles, Captain 
Spratt had an opportunity of obtaining a line of deep-sea sound- 
ings between that island and Candia in which the greatest depth 
was 2170 fathoms. ‘The section is very striking; fur a distance 
of 50 miles to the eastward of Malta the depth does not exceed 
100 fathoms, after which it drops almost suddenly to 1500 and 
2000 fathoms, and continues near that level below the surface of 
the sea until within 20 miles of the east end of Candia or Crete, 
where the White Mountains and Mount Ida rise up to a nearly 
equal height above the level of the sea. Between Crete and the — 
Dardanelles the greatest depth is 1110 fathoms. : 
On the North coast of Egypt, Commander Mansell in the 
Tartarus, with his assistants Lieut, Brooker and Mr. Skead, 
have completed a survey of the coast from Damietta eastward t0 
El Araish, an admirable plan of the port of Alexandria, anda 
survey of the Bay of Suez, a place daily becoming of more im- 
portance, as our direct mail communication extends to India, 
China, and Australia. a 
While on this subject I should mention, that in October, 1 ‘ 
Messrs. Delamanche and Ploix, Ingénieurs Hydrographes of Ke j 
French Imperial Marine, carried a line of soundings across te 
Mediterranean between Port Vendres in France and Algiers, * SS 
which the greatest depth was about the same as in the Levant, — 
namely 1600 fathoms. 7 a 
In the Nautical Magazine, Captain Mansell reports the wee 
ing soundings between Alexandria and the west end of Rhoades. — 
10 110 Sand and mud, 110 1550 Yellow mud. 
20 i; 
2 200 Sand and coral. 130 1600 ‘ 
30 450 Fine black mud. 150 1600 . ‘ 
50 850 Yellow mud. 170 1500 “ ps 
70 1000 “ “ 200 1300 “ 
90 1800 “ ‘“ 
Between the west end of Rhodes and Nicasia he obtained thes? 
soun Ings: 
10 500 Yellow mud. 55. 1400 Yellow mud. 
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_ The Brothers Schlagintweit in India.—The report of the b the 
pect to their recent travels in In 
* v. Peterm. Mitth., vol. iii, No, 12. 
