. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. And swift she cuts, at highest noon. Light clouds, like wreaths of purest snow. 9. On thy fair bosom, silver lake, Oh ! I could ever sweep the oar. When early birds at morning wake. And evening tells us toil is oer. LESSON XXI.—.sppaxGS axd eivers. |7 1. Ix addition to the common springs, with whose origin every one is familiar,mineral springs of great variety aboundin different countries, the waters of someof which merely present a sjiarkling ap-pearance, owing to the presence of car-^v bonic acid gas, while others are various-^^ ly
. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. And swift she cuts, at highest noon. Light clouds, like wreaths of purest snow. 9. On thy fair bosom, silver lake, Oh ! I could ever sweep the oar. When early birds at morning wake. And evening tells us toil is oer. LESSON XXI.—.sppaxGS axd eivers. |7 1. Ix addition to the common springs, with whose origin every one is familiar,mineral springs of great variety aboundin different countries, the waters of someof which merely present a sjiarkling ap-pearance, owing to the presence of car-^v bonic acid gas, while others are various-^^ ly impregnated with mineral substances,tlie chief of which are iron, sul2:)hur, andsalt. 2. Besides these, Iceland presents usa remaikable group of hot s]irings, call-ed geysers^ which burst forth with sub-terranean noises, and frequently at reg-ular intervals, throwing up water andsteam, sometimes to the lieight of oneor two hundred feet. The sup])0scdcause of this peculiar action is the heat-Great Geyser of iceiaud. ing of some hiternal fountain of water. Lst Div. OF PHYSICAL GEOGKAPIIV. 403
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