jand Geology. 423 
" ‘0 other earthquake shocks were subsequently experienced at Ter- 
hate; while, finally, on the 8th of April last, about half past 3 o’clock, 
he 
7 8. Falling in of a Mountain in* Timor, (Jour. Ind. Archipel., No. 
i 3, Sept., 1847, p. 168; from the Javasche Courant for August, 1847, ) 
‘ —In the month of March last, a sinking of the mountain Nimbenok 
(which is three days distance from Kupang) took place, in consequence 
1 of which many houses with their contents were destroyed by the great 
Stones that rolled down. Fortunately no men were killed. 
nthe Volcanic Plateaux of the Lower Caucasus ; by Prof. Anicn, 
(Imp. Sci. de St. Pétersbourg, extracted from the Quart. Journ. of the 
Geol. Soc., No. 11, Aug. 1, 1847.)—Prof. Abich, after laying down 
the division of upper and lower Caucasus, and limiting the latter term 
©N geognostic grounds to the mountain district which is comprised in 
= almost elliptical space enclosed by the Araxes on the one side and 
n the other, thus proceeds :— 
er Caucasus.—It is remarkable that this lofty mountain 
chly provided with every variety of physical productions, 
summits 12,000 feet above the sea, should be below the 
petual snow, while the summits of the Elburuz and the 
ata height of 10,3880 and 9950 French feet, are above it. 
Icipal ranges of this mountain chain are parallel with those of 
_ We upp d real Caucasus. Along a line which may be said to 
_ Tepresent the principal portion of this mountain chain, it is traversed 
Sy a succession of table-lands connected with one another, having a 
Considerable, though not always the same mean elevation above the 
boundless alpine meadows, on which the existence of the Nomadic 
tribes of Asia Minor mainly depends. Whilst the horizontality of the 
