There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the... Selections from Various Sources - Page 84by Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1857 - 610 pages
...CV. NO. CCXIV. BB ' There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf-stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current... | |
| 1858 - 690 pages
...the book commences : " There is a river in the ocean. Jn the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current... | |
| 1857 - 602 pages
...use his own words: "There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas.. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 302 pages
...runs up hill, 57. 1. THERE is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current... | |
| 1855 - 778 pages
...describes the Gulf stream: "There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic seas. It is the Gulf stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current... | |
| 1855 - 804 pages
...ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Ita banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current... | |
| University magazine - 1855 - 784 pages
...speaks thus : — " There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico ¡9 its fountain, and its mouth ¡3 in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1856 - 636 pages
...droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottoms are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1856 - 866 pages
...Physical Geography of the Sea, 'a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Qulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the arctic seas. There is in the world no such... | |
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