Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-11-23
ENCLOSED HARBORS.
RE BOTTLE SHAPED TYPE IS COM
MON THE WORLD OVER.

Block Up the Entrances.
II We take q trip around the world
over tho maps Of a good atlas we find
that the geographical "boitle" is very
common type OF harbor the world over.
The coasts Of Cubn show a succession
Of such incIosed bays, Havana harbor
being typical II often happens that
nature herself provides the corks also,
80 The shape OF islands that almost
block ny the entrance. or at least
block the view from the out,tle. Such
cork IL Corregidor island, IN Manila
bay. or the rocky Alcatraz fortress just
.Hslde the Golden Gate az San Fran.
cisco and Smith key occupies a similar
position At Santiago
The Annapolis basin In Nova Scotia
IS very typical among these geograph-
ieal bottles, A fairly good map Of that
beautiful country will show narrow
SAP on tho buy OF Fundy side Of the
pcnlnsula. ylls gap, known as Dlgby
strait breaks through long ridge that
the people call North mountain.
Through this break rush the famous
tides OF Fmdy and nll up an inland
basin OF salt water twenty miles loug
aud several In width.
The entrance, from the outside. IL
pysterlously invisible to the lands.
nan'a eye 10 passenger crossing the
BIS OF Fundy from St Johu Il seems
az " the captain were steering his trim
side wheeler hoad on Into blue noun.
faln wall. but az last the forestcd
mountain opens. aud through the break
the Interior hills Of Nova Scotia close
The distance. ono can Imagine the tire
mendous tide race through the Dlgby
strait when we know that tho ordinary
tidal rise IA this region is anywhere
from forty 20 seventy feet, II Is so
great, IN fact. that the wharvos at
Dlgby are two storled atiaira, and
people SO aboard steamers from the
upper or lower story, according 10 the
height OF tho tide
New York harbOr Is IN most respects
a geographical bottle only II has two
morths instead Of one. Added 10 the
principal opening, the Narrows. sort
81 side entrance Il provided by tho
East river leading out into the sound.
The coast Of Australia presents sew.
erai examples OF the geographical bot.
etc. The finest being the harhOr Of Mel.
bourne. An ordinary map shows this
city situated apparently upon hrat
rate haFbor OF the bottle type, AZ a
matter % fact, the bottle is really
thrFc fully thlryny miles across
n either direction. Into this bay, call
81 Fort Phllip. there lows the Yarra
river. aud. eddy enough. Melbourne,
with BE half million people, hides Il.
eelf away nine miles up this strcam,
Below ihe city the river has two sand
bars. which prevent the passage Of
ieree vessels The heavy ocean trafhc
thercforc has o. terminus IN the bay.
Whence the jouFnay Il continued TO
town by rail- The explanation for this
awkward situation scems % he that
IN the early days 81 Melbourne the one
1dea o. the settlers was 10 bulld up
eahe river never dreaming that one day
Al would become ereat metropolis
impgisonod behind the sands 20 the
ustlesa Narra.
RIO leRelro has q ppiCnfldly Enclosed
hnrtoF the beai IN an south America;
better fEr than the shallow Lake"
MaSctil.a which laaks 80 Neal upon
the map. Here uraiH "a Rio We have
4 Ffcat salt water tulst. SOME seven.
leea niilcs urruss. communicating with
abe ooean ~ a narrow strait
Ia neaFiy every csse these natural
loglies are what the scoswpheF calls
sViroNnel fiRcgs@-that Is o. tay. the
coastal lands ia thc yicluiy have sub.
aidel allowing The SEA % Gov in and
conyrFs What aes q lowhni valley
iufo d partly ineiosei mauue arrs.
divers have rons % thR bottom ~ New
YoFk lay aud hayv fsund thvfv Ihs an
cient les ~ lis nudson river AZ ne
alream eewr1 begorv tee mQVthpart
part ~ ghs valley subsidized inio the sea
Ihe Ga l.ad reaches shuough tbe Mar
rops and vel oui iaie tie ce0f ~ ths
Auantic 90 coursh a. tke SEA water
entered thc shaking Naliey, aay hilt
Fislnr thegeatoai uauid trcouae islan.is
tn tae ucw or,3eF ~ ttuEs And tleFv
Ne raj Jaen % tlis tsy ID sinost sty
~ these layi1sFt iuis,s Isl hicholsA