, 1877-08-04

atalfll IN tif zenith shAXng hta taEks bl suet1at
Tire ah1Ne the An,aza man paln1s when the stars
have wheeled atld burned ahpther ten hundred
years-for then, aud t1,en en'y, would he haze
seen A.nertr4.
circles that the amount OF arabic soil In North
anil South America ts greater than that In
Europe, Asia, and AtFica taken together: At
tl'ongh less than half the size Ut tho Old World,
tent u pr.nlu. tive soil. This supreme fact is
nowhere noticed by Do Tocqucytl|s:; but. aston
t.!nnE rs the assertions appear that the New
World has more useful land than the OLD, and
shall cease to Doubt these sucG Gestlye proposi-
ttons IL VIC rise up lor moment in thought to
point from which NC crn sec both tue great
lakes anu The An,azon; and lotttng the pianct
set In The illuminate emerald and purple aud
aIttre vi the great deep, compare the snbtltttes
oi Ihystral geography !n the twu hemisphcEcs,
FIND TIN MOST *THtElNG nfbicAL CoNTRAsTs
between the Uld Hurll and the New and all
to the advantage Of the productive powcr of IL
sotl Of America. | ani fascinated with 3 rain
map uf thr globe, for It shuWs that MY count y,
Il on the humid, and therefore thu icrtle si,lel
Ut the world.
1. This continent Is narrow. Hence the ocean
winds water It well. Tic Old World !s wide.
Arabia. Persia, Central Tnlbct, arc almoat Of
wholly ratuless. VIC hsre no Sahara, no Arabia,
no Persia.
2. In tho New World The mountain chains on
the eAst side Ut the continent are low; IN tic
s:tic arc high. But The earth rolls east: ah,i,
therefore, tho tradc-wiuds blow west. The per
mancnt wlnds Of tho gloIe. bearing the fcrtsliz-
Ing exhalalton Ut tho oeean, brratfiu alwars out
Of the morning. They tnpiuse upon the
breast IT the continents On tho side Vi the sun.
rise. High mountain CHAINS on that stle shut
ont these winls largely from the Old WorlL;
lnw mountain chatns On that silc adult tLenl to
the New. II tho HllnalaYas aud tho Mountains
o the Moon stoot on the west slle Of AfEiea.
saiara would cease to be a desert. II tllr An.
dcs stood On the east side Of South America
the Amazon Valley would bccumc desert. a
branch Vi the trade wind 9reathcs tlroagu the
Wcst indies into tl,c Cult Of Mexico and
asccs1]s the Mississippi Valley. Guyot says that
IT that Gnlf had q chain ol mountains % It's
north side ss the Mediterranean has. t1at valley
would bc almost ra!t':ess.
9. AZ the moro important wind b1owa from
tho cast, ours Is tbs continent Of wet, Ocean
winds, the Old World of tlry land winds. It Is \
dry land Wind that niakts Sahara; atlu this
land Is made dry By the breath of tho Old
World aud it, hciglst On tic east. Untier the
tropics, the Old World receives scventy.sevcn
iuc..es Vt water BY tho ,year; America, ll5..
4. The Nsr World, thc5sio1,s, a. uuyot l,as
i. America, therefore. has great, tho Old
World sl,1all. river systens. There Is no posi-
tion In which thc Misssssippt could bc PLACED in
Europe, south Q! 81. Petersburg, and hnl Foo1',.
Join III one curresst tue Iena, tho oby, the
Amor, tie YanE-tse, the tfoanC-l1U, the
Youeecf, the Indus, sn4 tue tiauges. and thcsu
c'ght principal rivsrs q Asa d. not carry to the
.. America 10 tbs continent vi fat piafns; the
Old World that OF frnzen OF eeurc1cu pAtus. In
t!,e New World the Mississippi and the Amazon
tiIc globe can equal; but In tie Old Wor'l tie
grcnt piaIn extending from Norway 10 kanl-
.IAtka - locked III perpetual lFost; aud TINT
which stretches rum the western shoulder Vi
Africa ~ tho heart of Asia Is inado barren by
tropical heat.
Z. America IL = concavc, the Old World con-
vex, continent. Our mountain chain. run
n0rth and south; t!uae Of .tsIa aud Europe
caet and west Ours. therefore, have the sil.,
ountalns; nj thoss oi lie olI Wvrid lave se ts sun sa
OH the south side. aud On the north aide arc
cumpxrattlY fMlcrtIfc.
=: covlinR ,nlcts u tho ocean. Itke the Gulf
Nmerica under tue oquator: but .uo huttcss re-. c.
Elons Of tLp Old World are DIST ugulsheu bY
distance from the occau.. The Mediterranean
lies tvo fnr north TO be Of luu. service TO lbs
OId Worlds fertility - The 0ult y to that Of
| and sanara.
d America is high aud the Old World low,
under tue equator. The tab!e. lands VI Mexico
anu Of Braz.l.ara rumparatively cLol, aitnoush
In the troptts; but Sahara ID ~ low tat /. might
By. US It ought tu be, tlaJe uaviEab.e sea, by i
channel from tho Mediterranean Or tile ovcaI,.
u. Thu New World 10 uarrow uatlcr the
fertility ot the New, therslurt, loscs loss tLan
| that u the Ull by tropical kcur, hing. Tic
cquator, It IL thus. hangs un4ar Oriou, directly
RbOye tho mouth pf Lilo Amazon. But tile
mouth Vi the Grsnoto. 1t cut, gully through t!lo
narrow neck Of South America, Mcckl4CCI by
o.eatls aud fanne.t by wet winds; but It b.,tns
through Africa frou tawny shoulder to tawny
s!ualaer, eaeh unspsInk!el by the dow Of til. .va.
Cut out from the u, ,Uo0,00 square mtirs ot
the Old World und tile l3.ttU, ,000 u! the Now uil
mountainous, trozen, aud arid regIuns. Tie
!unnaMt of pru4luctys SOIL ssllolara fa!, II ahout
l9,M9,099 Square ln.les u the 4sd Worta aud
tl,00,U ,U0o in lilo New: In Amsrica, IN this esti-
nlaie, l reject - frozen alt territory nort,
ola line running through the stratts of Bel!e
Isle, tue sSuth end Of nai.on' bay and the
rauEes Of aterllty in, tho Rocky Mountaisis and
tic Andcs. unit the DRY regions aast alI.i
wcas of Colorado and Oh The coasts OF Chill and
Peru. ". ute tho etertle portit'ns Of pnfa'
great parts Of Araula-i'crsta aud Central ASA,
aud Northorn ltllssla and siberia.
Here, then, bursts upon III the greatly
r., w. 4S1 Wo m &s @
latton than tho OLD. II 1t rRn, pruoaoly Il ultl.
niAtcly will. In this natestls ctFvusnatanee !
hear tho footballs Of fate, with which II infinitely
/ bcu1oFeS tue uku atIT u present. QKe& 70 kctp
step! Alucrtca ia yet in the xristtu 1les soit,
young feet. nut without solAc staina Of lloolY
dew, lava wandered 10 lttle Inland ou
tic continent Of uncxpiored Amer,cat time,
tllat thu ttrrnites, hsrakinG IN the shure, kIsa
them yet With apray, out u pity for tlelr iu,
! finley.
Some OF lis here are young, but We hare seen
the population Of OR country lacrcaaa from
l7,N0 ,ix0 to 40,O0o,0n ln tis sudlunco ary
those who NAV live 10 sos It increase from ~.
0o0.Ut0 10 l0o.0o0.Vu0 Sir lIenry Holland
thought that America changed ~ Eapldi,Y A. "a
require visit ono IN Ave years. It ha4 been
PRAYED by the expericnce of tbs Uuitcd States
that = prosperous community In poAsrssiun OF
Abundance ol untxGuplea so,l ail not AIDED "
immigration, will doute II numbers In twenty j.
live years. Tho AnglrSa2un populations ii
Tic Now World. q whole, doub:u once ia cact
quarter Of : century. But thu doubling
Il now os great and growing uun.
bers. Tho civilized whlae population
of The United States increases 1T tho rite o
] pct cent annually. nu 'ru@quovil1e eaIesi!.t d
tltat, GU brea.lth extussuiux lEun tbs Lakes t1
t}s tu)', Il Aayanctl westward seycntecn sules
| tartl Ytar, Sud he Prolessa4 ~ be pru4oun1ly
n,oycu uy tho spectacle Of tl!Is dcIuge of ncti
driven oI by tho hpul Vi God; but tho hum,
surge moves yet nl0re rapilty now. it, prog resi-
Xas tIttlp checked bY tie KrYulutLup. and nu