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larities were observed of the same kind as those noticed at Halifax. This . 
seems to give probability to the opinion that the irregularities observed 
in the tide at Halifax may be connected with the unusual tides m the 
Bay of Fundy. But whether they rise from this source, or are to 
of our globe. 
_ 5. Notice of a visit to the Dead Sea; by H. Poors, Esq. (Proceed- 
ngs Quar. Jour. Geol. Soc., xii, 203. Forwarded from the Foreign Office 
by order of Lord Clarendon, Abstract.)}—Mr. Poole went to ts dis- 
trict to look for nitre, which was reported to occur there; but he met 
_ With none, and found reason to suppose that the report was unfounded, 
hence possibly the erroneous information. Further, the cave (at Usdum) 
in which the nitre was said to have occurred is called “the eave of the 
Gun-men,” not from the Arabs getting their nitre there for gunpowder, 
