The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-11-01

IDENTIFY to strengthen 1t and keep 1t in
shape. These Interesting animals when
they crawl, draw their delicious load
after them, and II the sack is opened the
honey runs out and they set themselves
to work to rcplenish it again. Whcth-
or they deposit this honey in their great
general reservoir among the rocks, to
draw from 1t as occasion may require, or
hold and use 1t rs individual property.
We are not informed. Hero is curiosi-
ty that We believe has escaped tho eye
and pen of our celebrated natn rAlists. a
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The River Amazon. fsag adj ID
Prof. Agassiz has returned from his
Brazilian expedition, and . few nights
ago lectured, on the Natural Features
of the Amazon Basin,' 10 the Young
Mems Christian Association. of Boston.
He said: s............. ....,...r .. .,...s.
The country Of the Amazon IL SO diff
ferent from any that we are familiar
.~iyh thas ~ deserves careful cxamina-
ton. 1t Is one vast plain, with no hiiis
intcrrupting the view, the Amazon flows
1000 miles through valley 1,.O) miles
wide. This valley Is low plain, its
slope not exceeding go feet, the river,
in 5000 miles, having descent OF only
2lO feet. The mouth of tho Amazon Is
100 miles wide, and the muddy water
Of the river can be seen at sen long before
the land Is visible, and II even tingcs the
blue Of deep water. The snow Of tho
Andes begins to melt III August and Sep
tember, but II Is not until Juno that the
Amazon Is highest. But the principal
part of the water of this river does not
come from the Andes. but from the vnst
basin which 1t drains. And this water
docs not all come at the same time, but
the northern rivers are swelling when
the southern ones are empty and the
southern ones are swelling when the
northern ones are empty. There is about
80 feet difference In the hight ofthe riv-
er, and the country being 80 low Of
course It Is entirely submerged at times,
and the natives traverse the entire forest
In their boats. The narrow passage be-
tween the trees they call boat paths -
The waters Of the main stream arc whit
ish, or rather the color OF coffee In which
Is large amount ofmilk, and the color
Is visible fifty miles beyond its mouth.
All the tributaries that rise In the noun
tains are OF the same color, but those
that have their source In the forest have
black tinge, the Rio Niger being near
the color Of ink. Although this large
river enters the Amazon, yet 1t has 10
perccptiblc effect upon the color Of the
| latter.
The climate Of the Amazon basin IL de.
| ilghtf..i, -----S..s 'ivih - ~ " ueSiecS
1t is most healthy, yet no country has a
worse reputation, this il caused by the
misrepresentations of the people and for
mcr rulers Of that section. The whites
degrade the Indians and themselves, in
order to make the former serve them!
He had seen white men seated upon the
ground In the midst of IL company Of IE-
dians, all eating with their fingers out
of the same dish. At an exhibition in
Brazil he saw specimens Of III kinds OF
costly lumber, yet in this entire basin OF
the Amazon there Is not Il single saw.
mill; aud the Professor has seen tile peo-
Pile cut down large tree, from which
they would hcw outonc board. A com
pany Of Eastern lumberlncn, the lcctur-
er thought, ought to emgrate there.
There Is no delta to the Amazon,
which Is remarkable circumstance, all
other large rivers of the world have
them. Yet this river bears immense
quantities of mud to its mouth, but the
lack Of delta is owing to the fact that
the ocean Is constantly encroaching up
Oh the land, and 2i6 or 300 miles have
already disappeared. The lecturer then
demonstrated, from the geological for
nation of the country, that this en-.
croachment was fact.
Large steamers can traverse all tho
rivers tributary othe Amazon, and nt
difficulty is experienced In navigating
the entire network Of rivers.
Menagerie Of Drunkards.
The most foolish prcdicament maj
n