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TORPOn. OP THE ELEMENTS.ment zone thus 15 the sea-IèveI; above that is the temperate one; ne.xtthe humid, where turf forms; above which is that of the glaciers, 01' thescene of contest between frost ,and thaws; and fina1fy, that of perpetuaIsnôw, which crownsall. 'Fhese are the seats where the principles whicih~gitate the wonderful atmosphere we breathe are hatched ~nd fostered,by which. itisneverpermitted to stagnate.. One day these maybeunderstoodmore to tbebottom thanthey are at present. What theeffect of a torpor of the clements ll~ight he, the instance of wha,t ()ccllrred.pre~ious.to admiral's Byng'saction in the Mediterranean hints.:i4\.~allJi.l;!p~e~!ailedforthree weeks, and the sea became almost mortally~.f.')ns~iV!~~é.t() ~h~smen. 'Fhewater of thi& sea, it Ï:s true, is not 50 salt as,th[t:tQi