. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. o the Atlantic Ocean. RIVERS THAT RUSH DOWN BOTHSIDES OF THE ANDES None of the rivers that run westward are long,though at the melting of the snows the vast num-ber of streams dash as torrents down the steepslopes and over the dry and narrow coast plainto join the mighty Pacific. But, looking east-ward, there is a vast difference. The streamsgather, as they do in the high Alps, and cometumbling and foaming down from the plateausand upper valleys, till they reach the bottom ofthe mountain slope. They then roll steadily o
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. o the Atlantic Ocean. RIVERS THAT RUSH DOWN BOTHSIDES OF THE ANDES None of the rivers that run westward are long,though at the melting of the snows the vast num-ber of streams dash as torrents down the steepslopes and over the dry and narrow coast plainto join the mighty Pacific. But, looking east-ward, there is a vast difference. The streamsgather, as they do in the high Alps, and cometumbling and foaming down from the plateausand upper valleys, till they reach the bottom ofthe mountain slope. They then roll steadily on,getting ever larger and larger, across the bound-less plains to the far distant Atlantic. Across a continent in a boat sounds almostas impossible as across the sea in a motor-car,when we think of every other continent; but sucha voyage is almost possible in South America,where the sources of the mighty Amazon rise lessthan 200 miles from the Pacific coast, and soonafter the stream has settled down to a steady flowat the foot of the mountains it is navigable. ?^?^..
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