Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-10-18


levs like those of the Nile and Cashmere.--
The sea is pictured light green or blue, fits
difficult 70 tell which in the gas-hght.) and a
better idea of the vast magni6cence of the
Pacific 0eean il Is impossible to obtain than
from one Of the galleries, where nothing can
be seen but vast expanse of water. that
seems sea without shore, dotted here and
there by those
Flowery islets that do lie
Calm beneath a Pacific sky.
Pursuing the route we tookf from the bottom
we perceive the expanse of The South Atlantic,
South Pacific. and An,srtic Oceans; nothing
bus water, water every where, till you come to
llhe southern extremity Of "a merira, comprising
part Of Patagonia, Terra del Fuego and the is
lands one of which forms the redoubted Cape
Horn. With the exception Of the FalklaDds
and the desolate isles az Georgia, there is no
eeher land 10 be seen, as the floor fills the
space in which would appear the more south
ftrn lands--the antarctic continent. with its
luighty Volcanoes While wondering at the
apparent insigniiicanee of the land in compar
iSon with the vast extent Of water around ii,
you mount By acnavenieui stair to the irs;
itl,y,r. an see in the upper part of the zone
whice it diseluses the Cape of Good Hope,
Wan Diemen's Land. corner Of New Hol-
Hand. New Zealand, and some Of the smaller
islands. while broad patch OF South Ameri-
ca. from Valparaiso to the mouth Of the La
/ Plate, with It's rivers. hills, and Pampas, pre-
lsents an interesting stndy. The sense of dis
appointment felt on FIRST entering now disap-
ipears-thc place seems lighter, the land as
lsumes distincter relief, and growing inter
lest in the objects around takes possession Of
Iyou. Another stair there is Madagascar, our
IiitlIe Island Of Aiauritius. and good portion
Iof The terra iaeogiaita Of Africa. Crossing the
ocean. you come to Australia It's whole solid
form taken in at one view; and commencing
with the ocean beyond, there are the number
less islands that enliven its surface. Measur-
ling the distance between Africa and South
America with your eye, is is easily seen tha.
Cabral could nothelp discovering Brazil; the
wonder would have Seen bad be missed it,
Itere, too. are the highest peaks Of the Andes,
land the mighty region drained by the Amazon
and its affiuents.
Mount again the broadest scope Of Africa
is before ysa from the Cape de Verbs TO the
Red Sea. There seems something awful in
lsuch an extent Of ungnown territory Lake
Tchad and the Niger are conspicuous on. the
left; and on the right, the Nile flowing through
lOld hushed Egypt at sight of which the
wonders Of Scripture history recur to the
mind, and the whole region becomes invested
With solemn and lonching interest There
is besides the overland route, an such scale as
to convey a positive idea to the mind. Con-
tinuing eastward, Ceylon and portion Of the
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and the Eastern Archipelago large and dis
tinct: and far away in the ocean is Hawaii
so small and so solitary, that its ever having
been discovered seems almost marvellous
Presently you each the American isthmus.
and may form your opinion as to the rival
routes across IL by way Of Panama or Tehaun-
tepec. There. too, are Mexico, the West In.
dies the great basin from which issues the
Gulf Stream, and the vast valley and stream
Of she Mississippi.
Up one more to the topmost gallery. Here
you are as much struck by the prodigious ex-
tent Of land as you were below by that Of wa
ter; and 70 this+Part you will perhaps devote
more attention than TO any other. Immediate
| ly over head is the Arctic Sea. Or you can
cross Behring's Straits. andsirace the course
of Russian discovery along the desolate shores
of the Asiatc continent The United States
from Massachusetts to California are in full
Iview--tiae great lakes, Niagara the ST. Law
renee, and The Canadas.
To any one unacquainted with geography
the great globe proves disappointment but
an Informed mind On viewing it may learn
much. and in most interesting way. Con-
crete ideas Of geography may here be obtain
3ed3in place of those abstarct notions concern
/ ing the earth and its surface which mere
reading often creates; while for comparing
positions, and remarking what places lie op-
poste each other. or on the same parallel, this
globe affords peculiar fecilities. Ii has been
suggested that by carrying round few red
and blue tapes close to the surface, the lines
| of equal heat and equal magnetism might be
Represented without confusing the general
lTiew.
! A few words on the construction Of this re-
markable work The concaye surface of the
globe is composed Of casts takenin Plaster-ol-
Paris, each cast being about three feet square.
and about an inch in thickness, or more when
il is of a mountainous district These casts
are screwed on to a series Of beams, some.
what like barrel slaves, and then neatly joined.
4 Their number il said TO be about 5000. Three
Operations were necessary after tha correct
ldraught had been made on paper: First a
model had 10 be made in clay then from il a
mould was found which again produced the
casts. Now. when is is considered that al
these separate casts must not only join To each
iother with perfect accuracy, like the sheets ot
Ia man, bnt must also have each its peculiar
leurye, SO that ali may form a perfectly cencave
surface, some idea may be formed of the vas,
lamouut of patient labor and skill that have
been expended on the work. and lheformida-
bic difficulties chat have been overcome The
surface was Of course not painted until after
the casts had been fixed, and this again must
have proved a task of great difficulty.
Ensign Sleb5ins, the military pet Of the
Boston Carpet Bag, has accepted the nomin-
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