...and very powerful cause,— * Sec the account of Captain Sturt's exploration in Athenaum, No. 1012. " The ground was almost a molten surface, and if a match...accidentally fell upon it, it immediately ignited." The author has observed the temperature of the surface soil in South Africa as high as 159° Fahrenheit....

...there absorbed ; so that 1 See tbe account of Captain Sum's exploration in Athenieam, No. 1013. "Th« ground was almost a molten surface, and if a match...accidentally fell upon it, it immediately ignited." The aulhor haa observed the temperature of the surface soil in South Africa as high as 159° Fahrenheit....

...the account of the exploring expedition into the interior of Australia, Captain Sturt mentions that " the ground was almost a molten surface, and if a match accidentally fell on it, it immediately ignited." Sir John Herschel has observed the temperature of the surface soil...

...als Temperatur der Bodenfläche. Der Boden war also dort mehr als 100 Grade wärmer, als in Kane'a Winterstation, und wahrscheinlich stehen die absoluten...australischen Reise sagt: „the ground was almost a malten surface and if a match aceidentally feil upon il, it immediately ignited"'. Der Mai von Massaua...

...in the northern. Captain Sturt, in his journey to the interior of Australia in 1844, mentions that " the ground was almost a molten surface; and if a match...accidentally fell upon it, it immediately ignited." Dr Livingstone, also, found that at Kolobeng the heat was so great that when he put the bulb of the...