Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-11-02
TN THE SEA
FREsf W,ATEHAsTREAMs THATHuRsT
RON ThEsoGEAN's BED.

Ehes0riBin 81 the underground Riv-
Have an Oatlet Under the
ISL PPeEsian n Has Be~enssatas-S
fasfariIy Eaxpaaincl. :
Along the shallow bottom of the
ocean, not very 4 from the land, q
number cf openings haYe5been discov.s
erred various parts 81 the world
through whichsWater Is pure andsfreshss
asssthat of any bubbllng spring mrlingles
Withsthe salt Watersofs the sea. Anoth-
er remarkable class sofs fresh water
springs is those that sink out OF sight
or perhaps never cone to the surface,
butHfollowS hiddenSchannels under the
landsand under the sea until they final
" come to the open air on. an island.
BOTH g these types Of underground
rivers are perhapsamost remarkably IL
Illustrated near and N Bahrein island
IN the Persian gulf, a place that Is also
noted ais on of the. chief sources Of
pearls.
Bahrein island, the largest OF the
group Of islands bearing that name, liz
about twenty miles off the coast Of
sArabia In the Persian pnIf 8 ! TIC q.
4 landSShas almost No, arainfalI .if%Ia :
dead level OF sandy desert Yellauaa onlv#
BY palm groves and patchessof syegeta-
t1onssWhere water springs to the sur
facegfrom the%mysterious underground
channels. Ii MANY faces thes M tor
doessnpot reach the surface. h,t, ia fo,1nnd
BY sinking wells. the wate, haino ,ois
ed toosthe surfacesby lonkevs and h,l.
locks and poured into the channel
fromNwhich the data naIn,s md nthar
crops are irrigated: These sn,inps can.
not Dessiblv ba derived from, ia I'D N
and it is no more likely that thew come
fromthe sandy WASTES 81 na@iahho,a,o
Arabia. The..Arabian shore .as FAR a.
can lie seen il low ana n roia ~ ~, tor
EXCEPT at Nl-Eatff where stroiIarf
springs areSfoundd.
Arabs say@that these strenms cnma
straight from the E,,,,,,afas Il var
through ali underground @Ec,,anna nv
which the great river. IN mart flows he-
meath the Persian pnlf Geolopista
however. have. dismissed tbis theory
Though the origin IF tha, snrincs hos
not vet been sa~tisfa ctor,ly ar,,1oino a
the most favored theorv ia +,,o+ thav
come from the vol vafarad ,sIonas -
the persian m]o,,nfains far - az no,4h1
re this theorv. 10 correct r. moon. +ha+
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force m, anmasof tha STRAINS - +hav
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that ii nrshas hacrrtbe aa1f swater aud
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