Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-07-17

) Tnw nftanrr AbdAaDs og -
wortkily, indeea, aha AEas - beeh
termed '.The AGedisesrana II &c
New world" .Only aflef = aaTs
upon days over ils meiesll does
ose reach O e6ncepti0s 81 - sagnsss.
Il - in faek N immems< basaa,
ralher fhan river G. zystea siverss
thss drains The best possir Asa -
ppblics and of . eoloasa1 The
srea actually covered - AeRs e
&c Ansa8om u eessm 3 60
nuuere n,skaas and lEzs8 -
II least ~ . ioarfh dnfia9 6eo8 alime.
o. o. II i called ihere, TIE web seasseA
The ehanneI thEoagh " HEB Ihe ANA
zonian waters 6ow log over co miles
. % deep - % have sus9ssled % the
wendeFing isnaginatioh c &c sasgief
navigaioEs only enc esislssf@-lathons-
less. 1t 0hiAssi4s depah = Eosay Saah-
emsssa other points q reaches tie maf.
veioass depth Ct seventy faahsns. Half
q million el cssbir feet ai waaes poss
every sec0nd ahsoaeh ahe naspows -
OXIDES. nod with lsaeh force DOES tAe
AmazOn enter ihe ocean Go miles 81
low. that fresh .water may - lifted
from the bosom of ths Atgamaic &C o dis-
tance which renders iG imp0ssibls 60
desesy land on ssy sids. Eiehseen oI
iis tributaries are ihemselves eivees Of
The FIRST magnaimde, and seyeralof these
ere over 4 500 miles in length. ''But
vast - ere thesetFibutary streams" iiily
remarks 0rton, s'they seem 90 make no
impression On The Amaxon; they are
lost like brooks in the ocean." The
Madeira alone, with rs great sGlueats
Mamore, Beai, ltenea and Gaupose,
carries nc o mean level over GOO, 900
cubic feet Of water per second throngh
IN extent Of over 5000 msles; yet this
huge contribution is imperceplible hall
way across the river. "The Missis.
sippi poured into IL u lis moaah. % says
Col. George Church, s.would not raise
il Sin inehes." Within the boandaries
of Brazil aloae, theSAmnamniamn naGwoEk
of rivers. canals and lshss oaes@ 2T .O0o
miles Of steam navigations Twelve
thousand miles are actually traversed
by the vessels OF the AmazoniaR Navi-
CATION Steamship Company and 0ahes
steamers. The basin of The Amaxnn 10
twice as large % the Valley Of the Mis-
sissippi, and "w0uld bold fnrty-nine
countries the sise Of Eagland." The
mar "A, usslth Of the eountry for over
lXMx square aliles i in- pEopartion
y - kkmagnitude ol. The river. The
49, 4 Brasil 10 as rich % anyl IN The
A1d1 d1fG-sEa:ss : ! .;s.isi. !. -.
tris nwp<ssss.s Siag5Om, has
pss .ng mineral wealth Of the
LSS1J Is seemingly inexhaustible; The
land yields almost every product from
the diamond 10 the least saluable metal.
Bates and Agassiz have related what
wonders Of snsmal life are seen along
The Amazon. The latter, speaking Of
fishes only. says the river nOurishes
twice ~ many species ~ lAes Mediter-
ranean. 1aad alasgeF nnasSer than the
Atlantic taken from pole to pole. No
less cause Of wonder 10 the intensity
with which life itself is-msnifested in
these waters. "All the rivers Of Eu-
rope" he says. ''united from the Tagus
to the Volga, do not nourish $50 species
oi fresh water 6shes; Q little lake near
MaRacs. called lahe HysnuaFy, the sur
face OF which hardly covers 500 square
yards, cantains more than 900 distinct
species, the greater part Of which have
not beea observed eisewheFe."