Synopsis of Mahomedan Science. 509 



ij)S^ *.*XVo mutumum mahovee is the minimum distance 

 of a planet from the centre. 



(Jl*.o c_XU fuluJc mumsul, corresponds to the primum mo- 

 bile of the old astronomy, its poles are those of the ecliptic. 



'-r^iSF* £?y° murubu mujyb, an astronomical quadrant. 



xkVsi'S &ls.sLi nuqtuh tuqutu, nodes. 



y$ wutur, a chord ; pi. jlj>' uwutar. 



Europe : — a popular Physical Sketch. By Professor" Schouw. 

 Translated from the second edition, by Dr. Cantor^ As- 

 sistant Surgeon, Bengal Medical Service, doing duty with 

 H. M's. 26th Regt. on expedition to China. 1 



Central European mountains. These mountains, bounded 

 by the last mentioned plain on the one side and the Alps 

 and Pyrenees on the other, form nearly a semicircular belt 

 (broadest north of the Alps, and narrower to the east and 

 west) round the Alps, the highest mountains in Europe. 

 Traversing from W. to E. a flat district on the west coast 

 of France, the traveller is stopped by the Auvergne moun- 

 tains, an oblong chain, eighty miles N. to S. between the 

 rivers Allier, Dordogne, and Lot, flat above, interrupted 

 by loftier, mostly conical peaks, many of which are exhaust- 

 ed volcanoes. 



The chain attains an elevation of 3733 feet, and Mont 

 d' Or is 6192, Cantal 5700 feet high. The Cevennes form a 

 long chain E. and W. of the Auvergnes, about 180 miles 

 long, commencing in a direction from SW. to NE. and then 

 changing from S. to N. They are separated from the 

 Pyrenees by a deep ditch, in which is cut the Languedoc 

 canal, which, 533 to 640 feet above the level of the sea, 

 unites the Mediterranean with the Atlantic ocean. Towards 



1 Continued from page 419. 



