The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-06-13
SOME PECULIAR NltEKi
One stream rs Sour rs VINEGAR uyh
Another ~ HiuCi. as Ink

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Another as Hinck ns Ink.
One ii III" meSt curious rivers that
have come 10 tn" knowledge Of men
Is the Wrbbr Shrbryli Of Eastern
Africa. deep ana rapid stream
abounding in Sir1nCr fish and i"ro-
CiouS CrocodiirS. Although it lows
for hundreds of miles through fertile
lands, the immense volume Of water
never reaches the sea 4 short dis
tancc north Of the equator the river IL
lost in Il desert region Il few miles
from The Indian ocean.
Some of the moro recent explorers
Of Alaska AMI British America claim
that the Mississippi can no longer DO
regarded as tho longest river on the
North American continent. This dis
tin",ion is claimed for the great Yukon
river. According to Ivan Hctrol1. who
spent over two years in Alaska col
lcctiug materials for the last ccnStlN,
The Yukon rmplirs into Norton sound
about Ono-tilird NOR" water than tho
Mississippi pour into the Gulf of Mex
leo. The Yukon basin comprises the
larger part Of Northern Alaska, and
600 miles from its mouth tn" river is
a mile in width. Many centuries be-
fore i, was discovered by white men
it very likely served as the water high
WAY into the interior for tribes whom
we believe to have crossed from Asia
to The American continent. The Yukon
river is over 2dt0 miles in length
Travellers report that in Algeria there
exists a small stream which the chem
iStry Of nature has turned into ink. 1t
is formed by the union of two rivulcts,
one Of which is very strongly imprcg-
mated with iron. while tho other. mean.
d"riug through a peat marsh, imbibcS
large quantities Of gallir acid, Letters
hay" been written with the natural
compound Of iron and gallo acid which
FERNS this small yet wonderful stream.
'I'ir bio Il" \in"gra in Colombia, ia
a stream tn" waters Of which. by adj
miNtur" with sulphur" acid, became so
sorr thai ihN river has boon appropri.
at@,y named the Rio de- Ninagrc, or
NiN"Ear river.
zine Orange. or Carried river. in
Snu>h rrn Africa. rises IN ia" noun
tHuS WhiCh separate Natal from the
Orange Free state. The length Of this
stream is 900 miles. lis banks abound
in various valuable woods. and around
il are found rich copper ores. In this
stream are many varieties Of fish,
which are found until the river passes
through the rocky region containing
copper. below which The water is said
10 be poisonous, almost instantly kill
ing the fish that venture near if.
Another remarkable river is the Indus
a great stream in lIinhoostan. It rises
in Thbct. and its course is wonder
ful one. ON rclching the SuSSi, rs
most northern point, it turns south
warN, losing Itself in the hills, and re-
appears at fakpt, in kohjs'an. Vhc
Indus is 100 miles in length. After
receiving the waters Of many tribu-
'arieg its channel grows narrow, and
here It divides into many channels,
some OF which never return TO the
parent stream. It abOunds in fish and
cruCOdiles.
Tfat classical river, the Gangcs, is
crTatic in is course, like the iloang
iio. 1t is prominent both in the re-
Iisi0n and geography Of India, 1t va
rics not only from season to season,
bat from year to year, and frequently
exchanges Old passages for new ones.
L. has been said that the Gauges do
livers into the sea every year $4,000
900 tons of mud. sand and other solid
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