The Dead Sea.
••:.: / ; i ! :-".>:„ ..** -^-- -,'■, ■ :: i / ; Geogorovius published m tbe>%3aik. number Unser^- Zeibj Undoi.th'e r tit^e " A Rule to the Dead Seaman interesting sketch of the famous lake. JBOe declares that ho-'Sieilianbay, ho ,€!*nlf bf" > Oddnth^i-f rvesents moce varied 6*-beauti- ' ful coloring, only the water seehis -darker> as if of tnoiten mefeal. He"| defies thd general statement HlJat nof bird flies over -its- waters,, and that its' shores arfe Without vegetaiion.- IBut hej confirms the tradition, that no living; thingns found m ii ; fish'coining down by the JordariTSie'at; once.. on, ..coining, ' witlian its bounds.' -The ; water l i.^ so! "thick* tluVt'he Suovea in-'ib iwith difficulty: its bitiJemesB 1 w^as leriible, the . bottom was slippery like soap, anxLpii 8 i niortar. The B t'oiibll"6f it causes great smart , to, fJiejeyesT" On coming out t>f :- ' it the body was 'thickly incrusted with^ crystals of salts of tnagnesi:t and sodja.|
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 111, 5 April 1884, Page 2
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146The Dead Sea. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 111, 5 April 1884, Page 2
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