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184 A RI VER IN THE OCEAN. COURSE or TH E GULF STREAJ){. 47. A RIVER IN THE OCEAN. 1. What is the Gulf Stream ? Wh ence does it come? 'Where does its current cease to flow? To what cause or causes is it due ? Th ese questions have often been asked from the time wh en Columbus made his great voyage of discovery, four hundred years ago, down to the present day ; and even now th ere are some of them which have not been satisfactorily answ ered. 2. It has been well described as " a river in the ocean." It flows along the coast of North America
A RIVER IN THE OCEAN. 185 fro m the south of Florida to Cape Hatteras, and thence crosses the Atlantic toward the shores of Europ e. It has its source < in the Gulf of - Mexico, which is fed fr om th e Caribbean BENEATH THE BunFACE. Sea. This in turn receives its waters from the Atlantic Ocean, into whi ch the Gulf Stream itself again pours its own supply. Thus there is, in reality, a grand circular movement of the whole of th e North Atlantic, and of this movement the Gulf Stream is a portion. 3. This river is very warm , because it has been heated by th e sun during its course through the Gulf of }lexico and th e Caribbean Sea. It has its own finny inhabitants and other animal life: curious crabs that make nests in the floating sea-weed; beautiful
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)IEASUREMENT OF TDIE. 11 2. MEASURE
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30 A HIPPOPOTA~ ru S H U ~T, 3. " P
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32 A HIPPOPOTA1IUS HUKT . could be
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34 KA)ITCHATKA AND ITS PE OPLE . Th
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3 6 KA)!TCHATKA AXD ITS PE OPLE , b
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38 A Lm lB ER CAMP. 9. A LUMBER CAM
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40 A LUMBER CA~[P. planation is tha
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THE LmlBE R~[ E N. 10. THE LUMBERME
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'lHE L U~Ill E lnI EN. Not for us t
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46 ABOUT ICEBERGS. enormous crystal
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48 ABOUT ICEBERGS. state of unstabl
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50 THE HEROINE OF CASTLE DANGEROUS.
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52 THE HEROIXE OF CASTL E DAXGEROUS
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54 A CITY I~ THE A~mES . " Which co
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56 A CITY IN THE ANDES. Quito has n
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58 A CITY IN THE ANDES. the boardin
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• 60 LA~D A~D SEA BltEEZES. draw
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62 THE CLOUD. 15. THE CLOUD. 1. I b
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66 A DESERT RIDE . for our steeds w
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68 A DESER T RIDE . 17. A DESERT RI
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70 A DESERT RIDE. Anaz! tribe, whi
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THE GREAT F IRE OF LONDON.
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74 TH E GREAT FIRE ' OF LONDON. all
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76 ON READIl'
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,78 ON READING . Evelyn, Pepys, and
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80 NATI VE SPORTS I N HAWAIl. 21. N
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82 NATIVE SPORTS IN HAWAII. turned
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84 PAPUA AXD ITS PE OPLE. PAP't'A S
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86 PAP UA A~D ITS PEOPLE. and th e
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88 PAPUA AND 1'1'8 PEOPLE. 9. One p
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90 A THREE DAYS' CHASE, glasses, an
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92 A THREE DAYS' CHASE. 8. Instead
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94 A THREE DAYS' CHASE. denly bore
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96 THE OCE A:-I. de-creas-ing' muz
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98 THE KRAKATOA ERUPTIOX. KRAKATOA
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102 HmIA...'HTY IN WAR. e-rup-tion
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110 THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA. existenc
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11G THE ARS ENAL AT SPR INGFIELD. 3
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120 THE LITTLE CORPORAL. French sol
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122 TH E LITTLE CORPORAL. advanceme
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130 A DINNER PARTY I N ANCIENT TH E
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l!78 WORD-BUILDING AND DERIVATION.
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