Thoughts have run so much on earthquakes in the Far East in recent months, that it was only natural we should take an interest in reports appearing in Home papers regarding disturbances on the bed of the sea about the same time as the Japan disaster. One of the most important of these was said to be in the South Atlantic, and we reproduced the report as a matter of no small interest. In a genial comment on the subject, Dr. Chatley says that he has no desire to spoil sport, but at the same time would wish' to call our attention to a, contradiction of this report appearing in the "Geographical Journal." Alluding to the alleged occurrence the "Journal" says We are informed by the Hydro.
grapher to the Admiralty that there is no trath in the report. He has ascertained from the Eastern Telegraph Ca. that their cable ship Britannia has lately been engaged in repairing a break in the cable be tween St. Helena and the Cape which passes over the well-known ridge where depths rise to 480 fathoms about 800 miles from the Cape on the direct line where the cable laid, surrounding depths being 2,500 fathoms and upwards.
One presumed' disturbance is accordingly disposed of, but by no means al] of the others, In view of the fact that even now Japan is still suffering from _repetitions of shock, it seems fair to presume that considerile portions of the earth's surface must still be in a very sensitive (if that is the correct word) condition.
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