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In our standard works Lake Ere IS usual, stated to have depth of l20 feet. The deepest soundngs have been taken in ake Huron OfSaginaw Bay, ioOo feet of line have been senr down without ind- ing bottom.

 The altitude of these lakes varies step by step rom Ontaria to Superior. Lake onia,lo is 332 feet aiiove the tide water of lhe St. Lawrence. Erie IS 333 feet above Ontario, and 565 feet above tide water al Albany. SI. Clair is SIX feet high. CT than Erie, Huron and Michigan thirteen feet above St. Clair, and Superior lies ioriy-fou above them.

 lhls shows the curio"s fact, that while the sur lace o Huron is 6S4 feet above the level of the oceai it's bottom al Saginaw Bay is more than l90 feel below the same level

 The waters of these lakes, with the exception of Fire and St. Char, are remarkable for their trans parency and delicious flavor. or Lake Huron, Pro- lessor Drake ascertained tfa the water the sur lace, and two hupdred feet below al the place, indicated precisely the same temperature, to witt hity-six degrees His expanotion of the fact is hs the waters are pure that the rays of the win no solid matter suspension 10 arrest and tain the heat rs..--

 There is great curiosity connected with these lakes. about thirty miles from Kingston, near the outlet oft bay of Quinle, in Canada. The writer oi ihIs visited it few years ago, in company with Professor Lyell of London, who pronounced it one oi the greatest curiosites of the kind he u 's what s called in Scotland Ca tarn,' noun lnin lake It is situated upon conical hill about 5oO feet high. IL is circular-aout half mile in diameter, and occupies nea,ly the whole surface of rhe hill.

 The lake is consequently entirely without inlet; yet small stream constantly escapes from one edge "i , down the side of the h turning the wheels of Touring mill, which has been erected near the sum- mt The level of the water in the lake is supposed to be about $50 feet above that of the bay below - As there are no high lauds within fifty sixty miles, or perhaps greater distt tnce, the curious aus tOn nriseP, wlenct cDlnes the supply for this moun tain lake1