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Department. Lieut. Maury says, ‘‘ These data are not very abundant, 
but such as they are. they give a proximate idea as to the submarine de- 
pression.” 
The diagram exhibits a striking contrast between the profile of the 
earth’s crust above and below the sea level. 
e same plate represents a vertical section across the continent of 
South America from Lima, on the Pacific, to the mouth of the Amazon 
Heights of Places determined by Lieut Herndon, U.S.N. 
Distance = Boiling eigits cm 
i tatute miles « the le 
ee ee ger Lima. pont. of the vr 
Brought forward, . 352 
La Cueva, : : : 20 2065 2595 feet. 
Lingo Maria, . : 10 207°8 1923°°* 
Land travel, 882 
Focache, ‘ : i 174 209°1 4258 .5* 
Sion, . . : 58 2097 944 ¢ 
Lupuna, 58 10° 19 
Chasuta, 87 2105 585° * 
Cruz, & ‘ 220 11-2 ares 
Nanta, ' é ‘ 353 211°3 126 ¢ 
Petras, : . 5 197 211-1 A Ried 
Egas (904) ; : : 107 2082 | 1715 “ 
River Bank, . f : : 131 208-4 1611 
. ‘ é i z 60 2085 1560 “ 
34 ‘ ‘ 163 208°6 1507 “ 
he i ss 4 4 208'8 1406 “ 
Barra, : ; i : 14 09°38 Ting... @ 
Mouth of the Madeira, . ; : 104 209°8 893 
Villa Nova, . : tl , 209 210°3 638 “ 
Santarem, 3 j 220 2105 GS »:*# 
Para, . : 759 911°5 95... 
ea, . ‘ . 
Direct water travel, . 3652 
Andes, he was in fact under a bank of atmosphere, and that the pres- 
