The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-12-29
!, A Amazon Steamer.

n an Amazon ''0''''"'
tbe Equator Through un-
tsg Al9r 's.ts A Wild Region Of Ro-
~ F'''''''
"a ,rs.pcr of The Journal.]
- ''I FTan.l, Dec. l, 1904 1t is
bye ntuiy since steam navlga-
,pItS ''~ ,s,ou had it's beginning,
pr fDy .orl, years since Brazil for
lRsIi' he river open to the
b d'''''' atoms Yet to this day
l d a. ,,,n IS practically under the
a'is'' s,e and probably that &C
SII' ~, Ne remarkably slow growth
Ipii II. ,,ereq of mis- richest region
b co... paoe As far back as the
lie n.rs was an association
NJ so York city called the
oil u ,,isn steam Navigation
4 a. ..- ,sr Express purpose of
iP'p' .,,4twn on the Amazon,
'e'l' ratei thereto by sugges-
% ,.4 Baulian government,
! l''' .-- charge d'atfaires resi-
( p ied States. Great
" ..-- promised by his Majesty,
= o... auer Of the late more
.mon who was then
.D' M.rrate a steamboat
''' s.. -.eaJ expense by the
l.', ,'.a.. a-r ,-eaed to Peru. But
.o- n-. lr4i aud jealousy, not
~ .',.... ,g- partlcular to keep
i l..- Oy paced so many OBJ
J. SID SPY Dol. he North Ameri-
.......rl... me vessel was COM
~. nr.,. Wu foT a long time af-
'...... .ast.D Identification to a
p-te ending before the
HEN .l,-ume0t
.~. 5e la traveler upon the
..o 5mme4 iteiy after leaving
'sois n,at tn wild, limitless,
.-seq-s occupied region, to
the often lusnsed term prime
..tais, applicable. Having
mp fqQ sps1ents directly on
,.- tlrudsr SOL, the hamlets scat
.rs- 5e ana.mous area known as
.ra,ar valley lie hundreds of
aDarr du .te tributary streams
mails md tlenlmerous iquanipes,
-a1s. and ttuUGh steamers of any
,ali.7 na7 ascend as far as Ma
#. sand miles or so, about all
.s .t8 l beyond that point,
4hg III unber, are Brazilian,
% ns..c t-lm less than twenty
an,zr Ht. IONS. Remember
HE l-stl liver drains nearly
mis- ii ,0fH iuerica's 7,O00,000
.n.es Hi That its vast basin
"a yI nifty countries the
.Ersana af0a d trife of margin
re H. after hoating upon it
.s. sd w oagin to form an
tbs Uu4ule mass of waters.
tile H.e ot the Mississippi
0 u.D &C. it would not be
Sc lt--- and away off in Boil
ID i-rr IL T., iu some places 10
rtr @ ranches and afflu-
It atlo- wt less than fifteen
.Bl L5 i ,teamboat naviga-
ili dllWing six feet of
mag tugeu the shadow of
das
al la -s.t4- Para for up the
ltF lGm,~ ult TO believe that
e rtg 'le Amazon, for you
eras l u sensations of being
Tie -a, especially after
.'~ '.a weeks on the greasy
r.f 4-Wo' The Hotel de Com
pillows and long
'-I "4.- the same, realizing
0'nn .0dsro! ocean stream;"
Bob 0"o would be no land in
1r'e for the big island
"' re Of ireland, divid-
suw uau near its mouth.
No aaN Liz passing the island,
rstpaD steamers leaving Para
stwonO' Nodnd it. The river
oa,s is never spoken of as the
.a. ygl 't- waters at different
bear 1.lttleat names, slch as the
A'v' nay Marajo,'' "Rio
! s' w.i. beyond the point
e+ A'ngg Nyer comes rushing
i-Na! regard to the name
'aF many Oelieve it to have
lew + mo- the Indian word
'''' "PpAtn 10 the wonderful
lehoa OF Hgh tides which occur
w 'el'read after the full moon
SLtDd ga t'r very confluence Of
aifTIa hslng so destructive to
CRAFTS lte natives call this tide
'0l@ o 8u,.t breaker" Con-
y tA1 female warriors which
Jasper and other early monkish
c'rS described, though their
Is often used their own vivid im-
'0''a In ileg Of facts, they were
81 aulss 'a that statement, at
OF Tar a. apDearances go, for to