" In the rivers the working of the beds requires a preliminary drying, which is effected by diverting the river's course.

It was formed most probably by the gradual drying up of lagoons, such as are depositing salt, it is said now, both in the Gulf of Tadjara, on the Abyssinian frontier opposite Aden, and in the Runn of Cutch, near the Delta of the Indus.

"Our garden is 'middling' dry, but we can keep the wet lovers moist by watering them more generously than the rest.

These have a soft, somewhat warm taste; and when rubbed, a strong unpleasant smell, which by moderate drying becomes more agreeable.

If this outer shell dries while the fibres are thus strained they become "set" in this condition, and are no longer in tension.

The more rapid drying of the ends causes local shrinkage, and were the material sufficiently plastic the ends would become bluntly tapering.

L. E. D.-This has very little of the fragrance of the foregoing sort; it is a mild and grateful astringent, especially before the flower has opened: this is considerably improved by hasty exsiccation, but both the astringency and colour are impaired by slow drying.

Variations in the humidity of the surrounding air influence the deflection of dry wood under dead load, and increased deflections during damp weather are cumulative and not recovered by subsequent drying.

The sudden drying of the well at such a time was the most alarming sign; for he remembered that the same thing had been observed just before great mountain-slides.

And ever, as the story drained The wells of fancy dry, And faintly strove that weary one To put the subject by, "The rest next time""It is next time!" The happy voices cry.

After a thorough drying, putrefaction does not take place as long as it remains dry.