keeping open of a deep channel round Manora Point must be always a matter of anxiety, and attended with great cost; and in the event of any mistake, it must end in hopeless disappointment. The final silting up can doubtless be retarded, and even prevented by proper works; but it may on the contrary be hastened by injudicious treatment. By inspection of the two Model Charts, it will be seen that the submarine projecting shallow points and deep water swatches almost. invariably run south-west, and north-east, being the direction from which the great tidal wave flows, and also the direction of the strongest prevailing winds. This very clearly indicates that the action of the sea on its bed extends to a much greater depth than that usually assumed, (namely, 10 fathoms), for these furrows on the bed of the sea are distinctly traceable to a depth of fully fifty fathoms. 107 INDEX TO ARTICLES. Abai, River, 81. Abser, Village and Fort, 56, 71. Abyssinia, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 78, 79, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88. Gleanings as to the present Mr. Rassam's Mission to the Adowa, Town, 9. Hot Springs of, a short account Ak Punwar, Village, 29. Aleppo, City, 22. Allaja Khan, Village, 30. Bagdad, City, 10, 11, 13, 15, 28, 34. 35. Baho, a District of Gaih, 46. Batman Dagh, Mountains, 13, 27. Beylar, 51, 68, 69. Bey Obashi, Village, 30. Bhaee Khan or Bhayan, present Blanc, Dr., 5. |