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Dead Sea £000 feet below the level of the Mediterranean ; 

 but Messrs. Moore and Beck themselves have made the 

 result of their observations to correspond nearly with that 

 of Professor Schubert. There can be no doubt, notwith- 

 standing these discrepancies, of a great difference of level, 

 the real amount of which it is to be hoped will soon be 

 satisfactorily attained. 



The object of the last Russian expedition has been di- 

 rected to the difference of level between the Sea of Azov 

 and the Caspian; their measurements were trigonometrical 

 and barometrical, and the results of five different methods 

 vary from 73.1 to 81.3 English feet, the Caspian being the 

 lowest. 



The next paper is a notice of Professor Schouw's work on 

 the climate and vegetation of Italy, and also on the climate 

 of those parts of Africa and Europe, which are situated be- 

 tween the equator and 60° north latitude. There is also an 

 elaborate article in the same number by Dr. Morton, on the 

 crania of aboriginal races in America, in which he goes far 

 to establish the connexion between the intellectual capaci- 

 ties of the various races of mankind and the form and ca- 

 pacity of their crania, but without the figures of the heads 

 of the different tribes the paper could scarcely be under- 

 stood. We would propose it as an example for a similar 

 work on the aboriginal races of Asia, in which there is no 

 less diversity than amongst those of America. The laws 

 and customs, the languages, and crania of various native 

 tribes which have been brought within the influence of Bri- 

 tish rule in India, alone would afford an ample subject for 

 the anatomical philosopher. 



