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physical relation, that the depths of the sea are about equal to 

 the heights of the mountains, has given place to exact notions as 

 to the depths as well as the heights. 



The greatest known depths that have been reliably sounded in 

 the different oceans are given in the following list : 





Latitude. 



Longitude. 



Depth in 

 fathoms. 



North Atlantic Ocean 



19° 39' N. 

 19° 55' S. 

 58° 12' N. 

 58° 37' N. 

 35° 45' N. 

 42° 55' N. 

 19° 0' N. 

 11° 22' S. 

 44° 55' N. 

 24° 37' S. 

 54° 30' N. 

 38° 30' N. 

 17° 15' N. 



8° 32' N. 



4° 16' N. 



5° 24' S. 



7° 43' S. 

 78° 05' N. 

 62° 26' S. 



66° 26' W. 



24° 50' W. 

 9° 30' E. 



18° 30' E. 



21° 46' E. 



33° 18' E. 



81° 10' W. 

 116° 50' E. 

 152° 26' E. 

 175° 08' W. 

 175° 32' W. 

 135° 0' N. 

 118° 50' E. 

 121° 55' E. 

 124° 02' E. 

 130° 37' E. 

 120° 26' E. 

 2° 30' W. 



95° 44' E. 



4,561 



South Atlantic Ocean 



3,284 



North Sea (Skagerack) 



442 



Baltic Sea 



233 



Mediterranean Sea 



2,405 



Black Sea 



1,431 



Caribbean Sea 



3,427 

 3,393 



Indian Ocean 



North Pacific Ocean 



4,655 



South Pacific Ocean 



4,428 



Sea of Japan 



2,146 

 1,640 



China Sea 



2,350 



Sulu Sea 



2,549 



Celebes Sea 



2,794 

 2,799 

 2,799 

 2,469 



Banda Sea 



Flores Sea 



Arctic Ocean 



Antarctic Ocean 



1,975 





THE CULTIVATION OF HUMANE IDEAS AND 



FEELINGS.* 



By Prof. WESLEY MILLS, M. A., M. D., 



MC GILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL. 



THE main object of every society for the prevention of cruelty 

 to animals I take to be the establishment of right feelings 

 toward our speechless fellow-creatures. But feeling, to be correct, 

 strong, and abiding, must be based on sound conceptions of the 

 nature of that toward which it is exercised. So long as any indi- 

 vidual believes that another wishes to injure him, so long will he 

 find it most difficult to entertain kindly feelings toward the man 

 that he deems his enemy ; but let it appear that he has entirely 

 misunderstood the motive and actions of the individual in ques- 

 tion — that instead of an enemy he proves to be a friend — and the 

 whole current of feeling is changed. Thus would it be, in my 

 opinion, with thousands of people if they could be made to see 

 animals in their true light. 



Glancing at historical and national views of animal life, we 

 find at all periods widely different conceptions, and consequently 



* An Address before the American Humane Association, Philadelphia, October 27, 1892. 



