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adopted, consisted in a four-sided vessel, having the back gradually sloping up- 
• wards from the bottom, at an angle of 45 to 50 degrees, and the consequently 
widened top sloping slightly downwards, and its covering glass resting on the upper 
part of the back. The bottom, therefore, became necessarily narrow. The front, 
for the purpose of observation, and the top for the admission of light, were to be of 
glass, the back, ends, and bottom being constructed of slate; the whole fixed in ■ 
stout framework. The sloping back was covered with light rock-work, extending to 
a short distance above the water line. 
On the Application of Photography to the Delineation of Microscopic Objects . 
By F. Wenham. 
The author described the process which he had adopted, and exhibited photogra¬ 
phic pictures of magnified objects, which were remarkable for the accuracy with 
which the details of the object magnified were represented. 
GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. 
Geography. 
Some Remarks onJcvels taken in Jerusalem, with the Aneroid Barometer. 
By Capt. W. Ai.len, R.N., P.R.S., F.R.G.S. 
Thb authenticity of the traditions that were supposed to have fixed the site*^ 
the Holy l laces in Jerusalem, remained unquestioned during nearly f> IIecn c ' 
tunes. In this inquiring age, not onlv have grave doubts arisen on the subject, 
therds a dmposit'on in some travellers, who have carcfullv examined the locnlit 1 ; 
tl ' a,ll ! l,J, . ls altogether; so much are they thought to beatvarian 
T . P abll "J‘ a “, t * the results of their examinations. .. . 
?' SCU881 :"'chiefly turns on the line of direction which the second 
• s a< j l l JP time of the Crucifixion, is supposed to have taken ; x , 
n Hnhw ha . '. he J ° W8 <lid not bury their dead within the walls, and there isp* 
w i? o| y VVrit t lat Golgotha was outside. , . tlon 
lyofpal authority for tracing this line is to be found in the descn P*"L 
the etty by the historian Josephus, which unfortunately is vague in «° rae rt5 * 
so tf at arguments may be drawn from it for both sides of the controversy. 
thlt Z 1 h •n - Wal of l,ie » now certainly outside the Church ofihe Sep*"* 
the oup *5* timc of Empemr Constantine, and by hit orders; but«Jj* 
was restnrpH k** mootcd * the ndvocates for the traditions say tha bul|! 
after l£?ri l 110 c "“ l ?ers, on the ruins of that of Agrippa, which j£. n 
the line nf r heir opponents, ou the contrary, affirm this t0 
2, n , f he uecond wall j which, if true, would Wing the supposed bulged 
"SteStS? » s ” h it cannot bo .ho true eite! , 
the general question, j 
COmm.ninn.n- * ,,DOk 1,1 ^ hand * U,l(1 W ® 9 a 59 * 81611 - , 7 
not t* cara . c to l h° conclusion that the remains we were able 
not justify his assumption. . . 0 f 
the eroum? n| eDtS t tbc controversialists have been taken from exa ? l * , - or fort ; 
the pHndn a P l fc a ?, f he W. But Jerusalem was built on a very 
the vast acrnmn'i “ re8 of which are observable at the present day. no^ 
their outlines. atl ° n ° f t^hbish, from the ruins of many ages, which ha 
the consideration ^dTnUte^to^blran 
within .he present *£&£& of to ^ 
