. Map modeling in geography : including the use of sand, clay putty, paper pulp, plaster of Paris, and other materials : also chalk modeling in its adaptation to purposes of illustration. land. In the southern portion of the continent, near the Great Aus-tralian Bight, lies the Great Victoria Desert. This may bemarked upon the relief-map by an irregular patch of buff color. The ranges of the predominant mountain system may now bemolded. The Australian Alps, containing the peaks MountKosciusko and Mount Hotham, the Blue Mountains, LiverpoolRange, etc., belong to this system. In the north and we
. Map modeling in geography : including the use of sand, clay putty, paper pulp, plaster of Paris, and other materials : also chalk modeling in its adaptation to purposes of illustration. land. In the southern portion of the continent, near the Great Aus-tralian Bight, lies the Great Victoria Desert. This may bemarked upon the relief-map by an irregular patch of buff color. The ranges of the predominant mountain system may now bemolded. The Australian Alps, containing the peaks MountKosciusko and Mount Hotham, the Blue Mountains, LiverpoolRange, etc., belong to this system. In the north and west aresecondary systems of comparatively small elevation. No consid-erable mountains have been discovered in the interior of the con-tinent, but there are many low ranges and some groups of mount-ains. Central Mount Stuart, Mount Leichhardt, Mount Wilson,and others may be shown on the molded map. The low water- 122 Molding Australia. shed between the rivers of the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Vic-toria river may also be represented. The rivers should now beoutlined with a pencil, taking care that the courses be run fromsource to mouth. This will be found one of the most interesting. Fig. 57. and instructive lessons for the pupils. Lakes Eyre, Gairdner,Torrens, and Austin should be located and marked. The Great Barrier Reef, extending one thousand miles alongthe northeastern coast, may be represented by a line in white. It will add much to the beauty and practical utility of thismap if the islands of the East Indies be molded in their relative Modeling in Paper Pulp. 123 positions in regard to Asia and Australia. The numerous volca-noes of the section, when shown upon the map, will readily sug-gest the name * Sea of Fire for the Pacific. Asia. Draw a base line AB from the Bosphorus to Yezo, and letthis be 14 inches long (Fig. 58). From A drop a perpendicular6 inches to C (Bab-el-Mandeb). Draw the perpendicular BD51^ inches to Berhing Strait. Lay off AE to the right 5|- inches,and
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