Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-10-17
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THE GREAT BASIN OF THE MISSIS
SIPPI

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ne most remarKaole feature OF America Is
,he BASIN OF the mississippi yet tue ,popn'
'ar niiIu uoeS no' ciehI'y comprehend its u'neh-
SONS, ana the UNDERSTANDING oil lis physical char'
acteriS'cs IS lhCs'ihct ahd vague II is olsect-
cd through It's GENRE by supreme artery winch
above St: Louis has received the name OF MIS-
sonIi, ana below the MISSISSIPPI river lhis Is
o,ooO mes IN lehSth, ana lis surface conilnt-
Gus inchheq plane descending seven inches IN
'ne ",ie i",o 'i's Ie'""' artery as 'n'o co'''-
io" uouen' uesc'Hl '.''u'''t'do'e rivers c.'ih'hS
',oh che H!ea' mountain cha'ns OF inc continent
al. o' 'ne ''.'''ense are" ,huS orAihed' iorihs
S"eie odsIi' oi "nicu 'ne mountains io,h 'ie
''n ~ u''y a,so pe ca''c'' al a'nPhi,meatre'
ei'u'"vi'F i',Io'iVo i,'',es vi su''icc I'M, mas
oeeh, uuIlng .ne ah'cue'uvian ages, 'he 9sn OF
grea' otean' sucI as Is now ,te uuil Oh MeN.co
u. VI ''ie '"c SUI ""Ich
me iou,i'a"s n Pio'uueu themselves as 's'atus
u'"uuai'y hheu up ny we ii'at'on oi Tue wafer
'l'rougn cou"',ess ayes u mas Ieacneu us pre-
se'' a''''uoc "oo'c '''e o'heI oas'iis, over "heh
,he oceans no" sun TT, ron ana mo wh,'h ,ne wa
!ers nave re''reu. Inc bash OF tue M,sslss-
'PPi Is 'hen Pavelneh, many lnousahd ieet IN
uePtn' ''tmeu " 'ne seu''lioh. oi Tue supelh-
cun'oe"t "e'er ueposNeu s',a.a upo" stra'a co'i'-
PIes'eu W i's we'en' alu ch'ls'a,'%en mo 'ock
ny It's c"ei'ica. ie'l'c,, a.io" anu pressure ~
- - III eAac' i'l'I'a'o" 'iiS suo'"e process o
'ne i'a'u,ai "o,'u ,ha' ever! h"uSe"ne COM
presses inc "','A VI ner ua"y mo so'u cheese
anu ou''c', 70, .hcie'"'c, homogeneous uh-
cu'a''i.s P'a'" VI '"e secondary Ut sco''i'en."ry
io,'i'a'io''' s"''iou''eu ~ o"Nc't'. :" sun loh
wn'ch sPr'nes 'le 'eEe'"''o,'' a. mar from 'he
SKIN ., al animal i"roIS" 'his coa,'"S o' sou
ana i,''o 'se u. su'lace strata ol ROCK 'ne ue-
sceno''e iiesn waters ou'row 'heir chanhe's'
eonte'S"S e.e' ""eie i'o'' '"e c''cui'ic'ch'
run " 'no W"'SV ,ete. anu pass ou' oI Tue sea
~ '"'I 7 "''''" - '"e srlV "s we o''cu!"'
''on V, We We ~ LII ',. .''o n,'Ssur. nv
a''i ''e '''''''. ~ '' ''iac hows iron :aIuen
'I'"'d''' ,oo e".h 10 epoo'no anu oonslcuo"s
pnuo, ai".I 10 '"e Go..e pon',ns cruer ~ 'ne
oh'u'a''o'si .ne ss'le'y' anu .ic coniP.cNly oi
'ou Unoh ~ ,h; liz a"u % ~ "s ''se"'.'on !;
Su" 20 on 600 go D"'''', """se "r'' W
a'he.er IS zV'ooo in,leS' anu SO SIMPLE homo@e
,eous anu ''gar Is 'he system o' ''S Geolosy ana
its iu waters ne 'eecla'loH ana c"hate nave
n' .ne sanc o'ue' " a''a"se''en. anu more Vufeu'
"oso val, '"e ia'''"ut' ''e instance ''o'h 'he
|cSus, anu WV .ne "''"uue' nc llrsu'ar sue
=" " t'e" tu'N wy % upon ',io oa''H Vi Tue sea-
e'H'! ioel e'o,a'eu aoo'e 'le sea- anu Is con
H,a"uy ~ y 'he e,"lo'a"on eo!n''e 'iT,i'
,r sre Sea 70 ~ 'e''uie ues, oo NM norm
i"o pam vi '"o 'o'.u = ass 10 Eo"V l,'''es h"'i
'le sea' 10 e'e'a,eu I,'01 iee' "no'e 'ne sea- mas
Nv 'op1's iiU", 'ho oe out a" a.'ios r"',.,
;,, "o n', %''''' 20 III '"''''u' - ueS '0
M no''u' w. =,
".e ','J so"''oa's !" '"r el''nen,s anec'-
vi aiIn o.', ''ie i'''or-
c' I"eso ."o 1N''oN'eS '"'ulo changes
'io''' o"1 W ''Ie o'"e' oy e''uuI'loh so ueii-
cav anu o. un,o''n a. W w sca'cely pe,ceP'lole
ton.o Va, ~ opo ,vho Joao 90 u ,h m"J1o a