The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-08-22

eatiy hrcng to roll an i-,neni. BOD, oC v,.4r n,
Use ocean, IN which refpe9 the dininutve n r. cap.
TOT Dear compariton the waters Of the lat. a.i 40
s'quenfiy IN = Rate OF corruption immediately he,
W the commend einent OF the nuuGation: IA Jle
,'comes alto hailow in many places where's = y, i, nj
re line might find, At ell times, .,seient We ~
40 miles up the AiilIppi, were the Inuedir,..r az
he bar removed 80
There IS very ftrising difference in The n, ,,e~
'n Oh the waters ~ the rivers at ,lc- en-, ace
tue lea that OF the Mifippis I'll tiu.., iuf.
oHieht TO preierve II feet OF water upon the bar A ~
f'1nciPai branch, whereas the mouths Of the o. =
eranches OF the Nile are 70 choaled Up with mud
tnd, that lmall coating veels fcarcey enter ID,
'his practicable only through very narrow viadi
winch reeinbes very much the eusraace T., o
% 'he creeks, which to the weGvserd Vi tie NJ
ipfi ierVe to dilembcgue the waters of the inurl
tion. "
''e Niilipp has its Delta as well az the Els b.t
"' vi the orner Is much more exteniye than rh7t -
the latter we uppofe the arex Of she I.i.a Of l.
s?Pt 10 be at Grand Cairo, wcA TIE l::rh lari
@oHerablyo tie ealt its a;ituGe ron, fouti.
20 ..orth VIII he nearly degree and half and ,t
bale along the fec coat, about two DEGREES if w, a
rit the Delta OF the NfLi'ppi commence crIy AZ
.NtsheZ >ahouSh there is inlmene BODY of a,luv;s
land above cppofte to which the high lands on the
wet Oh the valley oren to tie right with rapid diver
gehee ITS latitude Will Be not LET'S than two degrees g.
I hai' and iis longitude the coah, c5cue .h-ee de-
grecs herce it reults that the fperfcaI content, Of
uhe N-ilf!4ipPi Delta is that of the Nile rs To g.
"'h may oe adopted TIE proportional rragnitud.
o. 'e two rivers, though there rear to eleyc ~,
our Nile pours into the much greater ptc,of.
1o, OF water than what we have itaed, auG that the
beita OF the MLlilhppi would have teen much mora
exteniive, were it not placed in the trata of ,,.I
vortex formed by inmenfe current in the len oc.
nohed by the tropical eat winds forcing the ocs,,
againit the oblique coat of America which producs
lux between the main land and the land of
Supa' giving birth TO the well known gulph fream
but great body Of this current ruihing ON with -;
Petuoity in direa lire northerly, impinees oo,;nn
'he wet coait OF Eatt Florida, and is there deecd
ana dahed along the COATS of Eah and Welt Flor;d,
t,ouiilsna and Mexico; and by the promontorv Of
iucatan IS thrown again into the main current thus
continuing permanent vortex, which nweeps alo,p.
great proportion of the fpois Of the N(Ii;j;pr; 90
ial' as they are projected into rhe ocean in con6r
marion OF this notion it may be remarked that the
uay Oh capechy, 10 avoura5y ituated for the recon-
ton and retention of aluvia matters is exceedingly
emoarraiied with ihoals of fand and mud 70 that yc
le!S OF moderate burthen carcey get within two
miles OF any part of the coat this evil is uno, +L
ana car only be attributed to the operation Of
fhe current taking up every movable matter aorq or
eoa q depoitingit in every bay or creek in contaq
WIN the circumference or tie vortex: there are M
auuviai rivers flowing into the bay of Canpechy In,
the Kio del Norte, and two others c. le note
contribute no doubt to the production Of tb;s OF q
Puriung our parable of the two rivers. we n,auf,a
IA' me NliihPPi as well the Nile proceeds to ,be
ocean by two permanent branches that to the ,.n
BREAKS on, about two three miles below the Red r.
Ver, ana bears the Indian of Chalalava or rv.r
'ne NPeoulas there every appearance that this
oranch may have anciently been continuation of tho
great Red river the quantity Of water delivered bv
cue one ana received by the other being nearly equal
ana tS general appearance of the banks and common
Q, 'ie Channels being very rnilar The Cha
IL Is dangerous for boats under the condp ofnn
nf M Plol' oecehd'ng the nliffippi; the velocietv
DO peIng literally out of the hTiiiiTppi,
locations an attraction f TIE term may he ad;Gii
" al lloa1lng podIes at comfortable dinance f-o,
the more; II the unwary or ignorant vovager fan.
Nrhn the iPhere Of this attraction ard his bo+ he not
ihpGlehty manned to enable him TO efcape nv +s;,;r
Sculle ont O. this unexpected fu6icn he Is
fieeiP'tatea INTO the weisern branch Ieavvboats
hotresain the MiiiiLppi; the lgh.eif muff be wei
manned to item the extreme rapditv of the c,,ren.
tne perpetual riilng of the bank and he'd oF tho $50
l,Vcr rom the influence of the inrndation, is probsb
lne eaule OIL precPitae defcent into the Gnuer RI
yer. The Chafalaya was formerly but ;s M, ,,',
INTO the country of the Apeloufas and Alacona.
the uncomfortable quantity Of drift t;r,Lr -
"et ~ GOWN mad formed many inands, which 70 CON.
'eu lne onerent channels, that at lenrth thew have
peer, ehtreiy ihut up mot to the pafage of water h
% e Paage OF every kind Of craft; there is f,;d n h.
iioatns bridge upon the Chafalaya, ten
iohg the courie OF the river, and continually
iccumuiatmg by the caule which producedit Gon,e
OF are 10 compact as to have an appearance Of
olidty and vegetation has made confiderabIe nro.
ireiI thereon The chafaaya in its progreis through
coiectS many other inferior Rreams, and be-
HS y'c'.0h with the ocean becomes, in certain Fl.
uaonS' mile in width it is fad to have nine or r.,
Get water on its bar it is probably hyperion 70 the
hatmetc branch Of the Nile, but not equal to ore
enth part OF the Miifippi. The mouth Of the Cha
aaya Is probably dfant from the principal mcta Of
nc nearly $50 miles, and is now unnoticed
at Tome future period its river will be crowded ,,,h
eiieiS and boats transporting the rich harveits of il,
yer productive foil 1''' "a I'D
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