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species were met with in various parts of the ocean | upon, affords ample opportunities for the student of 
traversed by the AZagentz. | nature who has the use of his hands and eyes. In sending 
At the end of his memoir, Professor Giglioli gives a kind | a single frigate on such a voyage, the poverty-stricken 
of journal of his voyage, containing the approximate lati- | government of Italy does not hesitate to put on board a 
tude and longitude of the AZagenta upon each day of her | band of scientific observers. Does Mr. Childers do the 
same, when he sends his flying squadron round the world 
circumnavigation, and the various species of vertebrates 
composed of the largest and most expensive ships which 

observed or obtained, in parallel columns. Further assis- 
tance in tracing the distribution of oceanic life is afforded wealthy England can produce? We are ashamed to say 
by the concluding chart, in which the track of the vessel he does not. Any application, even, for a free passaze 
is exactly delineated, and the names of the principal for anaturalist on such an occasion, would receive the 
animals met with on each spot are likewise given. 
It will be thus seen that even an oceanic voyage round 
the world, without counting the foreign lands touched 
| stereotyped refusal, and the answer that “ my lords” had 
no funds to devote to such purposes, and no space to 
| spare. Pela: 

EARTHQUAKES AT FIUME DURING THE 
YEAR 1870 
HE following list of earthquakes at Fiume during the 
year 1870 is sent by a correspondent at that town, 
to whom it was furnished by Prof. E. Stahlberger, of the 
Naval Academy, together with an extract from the 
Journal of Meteorological Observation kept at that Insti- 
tution, condensing the remarks, &c., of the original, and 
omitting such details as are of mere local interest, as well 
as descriptions of the apparatus used in marking direction, 
|The year 1870 is not to be taken asa fair specimen of 
the frequency of earthquakes in this place. It was de- 
| cidedly an exceptional year, both in this respect and 
| with regard to the wea'her, which was unusually change- 
| able throughout the whole twelve months, and during the 
|autumn and December was miurked by an abnormal 
amount of rain. About the time of the December {u 1- 
moon a large halo of broad bands was noticed by our 
correspondent and others at about 8 P.M. On the 2oth of 
May, at about 9 P.M., avery faint Aurora Borealis was 
visible, 









| 
No. Day. | Time, | DuRATION. Direction. REMARKS. 
| 
I Feb. 28 0.22 P.M. About 4 sec. Apparently This beginning of the series of earthquakes came so unexpectedly that no 
N.N.E. to S.S,W. apparatus was in readiness for marking the exact direction The 
shock was violent; the oscillations succeeded each othir with great 
rapidity. 
2 Mar. 1 8.57 P.M. j 5 sec N.N.W. to S.S.E. | Ao Desiitele violent shock, the most violent that has occurred here for 
| | many years. Its commencement was sudden; it was accompanied by 
| hollow, roaring sounds; the oscillations extrem-ly rapid. _ Or all the 
shocks during the year, this was the most remarkable. It produced 
disastrous effects on the village of Clan, situate inland 2} hours distant 
from tiume. Out of the reo homes there, 40 were rendered uniuhabit- 
able, and the rest were more or less irjured. The walls mostly fell out- 
wards, and no lives were lost —(N.B_ Not many walls fell, but very many 
were cracked the whole way down, and the houses left in so unsafe a 
condition that they were unnhabtable. I saw the village myself some 
time after the catastr:phe, but before the repairs and rebuuding were 
made —A. M SmiTH ) 
3 Mar. 2 About 1315 a M. | ads ate — or | Slighter as to violence. 
| .toS. 
4 Mar, 4 | 2.45 A.M. 5 sec. N.W. to S.E. | Oscillations very rapid. On the precedingevening, at 7. 5,a slight vibration of 
| | | the earth was percept ble, lasting, with interruptions, two minutes. The 
| same phenomenon was again observed at r1.14, about three hours there- 
fore before the acwal earthquske 
5 April 28 3-25 A.M. ava | Two distinct shocks. separated by an interval of two or three seconds. 
6 Maya 4.15 A.M | Vibrations or tremblings were observed on April 29, at 7.30 A.M. aud 2.28 
P.M., and on May 4, at 2.30 A M. 
7 May 10 2.5T A.M. 
8 do, 9.19 AM. { 
9 do. 45 P.M 
10 do. 559P M. nee: Vertical ‘This was one of the more violent shocks, and was also felt at sea. 
Ir May rr 1.30 A.M. Peace N.W. to S.E. Slicht. 
12 d> 2.15 AM. 5 do. do : 
13 do.* 2.50 A.M. =o Vertical Violent It consisted of two distinct movements, scpsrated by an interval 
of a few seconds, and was preceded by a thunder-like sound. 
14 do. 415 A.M, oe di Violent. 
15 do. Ms N.W. to S,E Slight. 
16 do. ai do. do, 
7 do. non do, do. 
18 do. - do. do. 
19 do. 50 do. do. 
20 do. es do. do, 
2r do ae do. do. 
night; tims not 
specified 
22 May 13 95 A.M. : do. 
23 do. | 11.19 P.M. bs doe 
2 « Mayr 0.50 A M, . do. - A i 
Be May oe | ot) P.M. A stizght shock, preceded by a hollow groaning noise some short time 
previously. ; ah se 
26 do. 1025 P M. Of short duration, but of some violence, consisting of two distinct shocks. 
27 May 18 10.57 P.M, Two slight shocks, following close on one another, 
2% May 19 9.26 A.M. ee Stight . ‘ ° F . , 
29 ay 2c | 1.5 A.M. Herc Shght, preceded by a rolling noise of long duration, at 1.45 P.M. vibration, 
30 May 23 | 8.25 PM. aay Slight. 
3¢ do. | About 10.45 P.M. once do. i 
32 Jun=2 0.27 AM. |} 3 sec. Somewhat violent " 
33 Sept 25 5'-43 A.M. 4 Sec, aaa with loud thunder-noise. 
Oct. 1 30 P.M. sets Shght 2 
ed Oct a 3 a P.M. duet A annibie shock, with loud noise, 
36 Dec. 16 1.50 A.M. , Moderat:ly violent. 





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* On this day, between 2.50 and 9,15 A,M., there were 27 insignificant movements not specified in the list, A, M. S. * 
