The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-02-19
The Sea, and the Circulation of its Waters.

'f"ry' W a*hin-'oh' :'''nfiy d'iiN'Fr! Ie'-
'"r' Gp0n the above >ni1l""5 at The Er"'iwaE
iah"rharie' y l. IL" argued amonI '';hrr
'mIft>' 'haf IN" great '"rr"nf> "i the dream
are aS perfectly IN accordance with Law ""i
Order as the "iiafin"nv OF tn" >Hh"rr. =
that the Hnli Hfr'amand ether orranIr 'ur-
rents '"'iin h"f nav" "N'>f'h had n"f tn" >'''-
water been salt; that a system "t Dream" CIR
rulaf"n, where the waters were all tr->h'
would hy very feeble; that shells and marine
insects c"nsfltnf" important agents m v"""-
'a'r" anu m"'''y'n" climates and that they
''io'c >"'i'''iS'
In commencing n" remarked that IN treat
ing OF the sea- and the Circulation of lis Va
tiers, Ia" dad not expect t" have time Ia en-
brace the whole subject. As that would he too
"rrat a demand upon tho patience ~ his AL
'iirncc. And furthermore. w"ro he to attempt
At he should find himself in the rivers and
the clouds, with whIrh tn" WAS inriniatrlr
connected. We know. SAID hc that the graz
hvrr>. Snrh a the Amazon. thc Mississippi.
AMI the st Lawrence, run through riond> Ia
the air aS pal rahir as through channels ,,n
the earth. We have the highest >ricntifG
authority for this have always found, III
my scientific >t'iilcS, that " on could grt
tn" Bit!r Ia +'y "",thin- Gl.on the snhie' til
al"a.> afforded me a r!ati.lrm ia stand ulHa.
aud an"ther ropI.'l in the la1'icr hv whI-h
r"nll safely ascend And The Bibic informs
II, lint AL rivers run into the sea" Bat he
di,i not propose to - into rivers. or treat cs-
,.ccially OF tie Gulf streams or Of those very
larrr Gulf cnrrrn,> which ,xrsrr;,, .ush 4
controlling influence upon na>i.s,inn But
Lo ,,r"p">ri to 30 into amurhrr sui. rtwhirh
they (the rivers and ,h, Gulf >ttram) iniin-
cncr nevertheless. Ike the i,-w> o, heaven
silently hui wholc>nmrv and LaGrtirrI.tly,
He sad that h,. had r,.aS..n 10 i.aliuyr, thar
thrr,. WIS a. murh regulation in the ,irrula-
tion of the 49,. rs IF III. hln j. o. lie mp,.-
m"ntS of the plan,.i~. II w. rakr ir,n
oi water ir.m ti,,' "a an, another ,lrop from
the River ani anai,zr them, We shall find
th1; thcv are nearly alike and this Irnvrs
that water in ON" part "' The ocean t:.ia, ~iil
br found IN another and far distant part al
morrow. This must hr carried hv .h,,>,. cur
rents They m,iniain tn. orlrr AMI preserve
the harmony which charartcriz,> every de-
IartmrGt Of tiai< land work. Every .lrub
at water in th,. sea i As nlr~lirrt to Law and
Order AZ arr the stars in the heavens; for
when tn. morning stars sang together, the
waves of the SEA also lifted up their voice :
thrrr.cr, the v"~c Of H. Gr.-an i IN i.atnlu-
ny ~.t. the music of the spheres We can
not doubt this for upon 'h" Rcd Sea thcr" IS
never any rain,wllle upon the Mediterranean
there are rams and man: r,T"rS rin!'tic'i into
1t Yet. when We ,''.lnc to analyz" the waters
"t each, tt'v AZ. l.un'l 10 i'r almost l'lrmfiral-
| i'un lL,> ..Ii'..;,r',. rr form >vstem of cir-
crlall"n- b! which water from one pat Of
the SEA l. conecvc'l INTO a most remote part.
Thr chief motive power concerned IN Marine
Currents has been generally aSrrih,.d to heat
Eut ii ha> been found to l,u through the in-
,trunr.ntalitv at' the Winds. and plants. and
insects. and the farce of the >ra Thee d
gents give the sea great dynamic force.
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ri'h'c =" i'''"'''''''' i'''''' Va '''' va
expedition. WHO, "i'''l ~ WIS i'"|'H u! i"
the i'e' gong toward me 9"'i'h' i"r-e r''-
Der" came urii'ih@ up toward '''r ->"r'i' anu
was out "i SIGHT IN day- Ana ne s''d '''''
II was Ia me ''' anu ',i'''o ii'l''''i al '''''
salts "i the -'a-''"'',i'' 'i''""- ~ ala "'''''f
c"ri"h'' '"i' i''''N'''' aug M
owe litir "''S ID 'n''t '''' ''' '''''' '''''.
the means "I subsistence III ''"' '''iu anu
barren i'+-i''i- ii'''' '''''' i'e s''''' = ''''
Once "i'''h III: y" l'''''' '''> ia INV
"' Inc '''''>' Nv ,''"S' '''' '"''''' "''''
the rivers are '"''''ii"'''it -9'''>i"s ''i''''
all al