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the peninsula “El Lisan” a reef of rocks was exposed abont a quarter of 
a mile distant from the shore, which does not appear to have been noticed 
spring 90°, where the small fish “Lebia” was caught close to the edge of 
the Dead Sea; Wady Em Burghik, temperature of water 76°; spring at 
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south of Sebbeh, near Wady El Mahras, at Birket El Khalil—but not at 
other places. It often blew hard during the day, but the waves never 
after the wind ceased. Several nights were quite calm, but I never ob- 
served any phosphorescence on the water. The table of the dry and wet 
bulb thermometer was made y the same instrument, as unfortunately I 
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entitled “Earth and Man”, He has found it a fruitful principle also 
Visit to Philadelphia, we accompanied Prof. Leidy to examine the ana- 
tomical museum of the University of Pennsylvania. Among many rich 
objects of interest we observed a number of large anatomical models, 
great beauty, which were made at the University by H. D. 
Models are constructed after nature under the inspection of Prof. Leidy, 
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