The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . s southwest of thecity of Moscow, comprises three divisions. Oneof these, the Fort, is enclosed by walls, now inruins. An ancient cathedral is the only buildingworth noting. Agriculture is an important in-dustry, and there are manufactures of wool, cot-ton, leather, paper, chemicals, etc. An activetrade with the interior is carried on, especiallyover the Oka River. Pop. (1897) 24,456. Serpula, a tube-making marine chsetopodworm (see
The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . s southwest of thecity of Moscow, comprises three divisions. Oneof these, the Fort, is enclosed by walls, now inruins. An ancient cathedral is the only buildingworth noting. Agriculture is an important in-dustry, and there are manufactures of wool, cot-ton, leather, paper, chemicals, etc. An activetrade with the interior is carried on, especiallyover the Oka River. Pop. (1897) 24,456. Serpula, a tube-making marine chsetopodworm (see \), which often lives andreproduces its tubes in such close proximityover considerable areas as to form, with thecemented fragments of coral, sea-shells, sand,etc., caught among its entwined tubes, largemasses of rocks. Such are to be seen on thecoast of Florida. Serra da Estrella, sarra da , in the province of Beira, is the highestrange of the country, attaining an altitude feet. It belongs to the Guadarramas sys-tem, and is a continuation of the Gata rangein Spain, terminating in the Serra de Lousao. AMERICAN 1. .Milk SiiakL. 2. Copporhefld. 3. BIncksnakc. 4. Mountain Blncksnako. .>. UiittUsnake C. Wntor-snako. 7. Ribbon-snnkc. 8. Garter-snako. SERRA DO MAR —SERTORIUS Numerous lakes, some of which are warm, occurin tlie ridge, and the rivers Condicira andUnhaes form fine cascades. The surroundingscenery is remarkably picturesque. Serra do Mar, doo miir, Brazil, a range ofmounnuns runnuig along the southeast coastfrom the state of Rio Grande do Su! towardBahia. It is not a single connected chain, andis known under various names, such as ScrraGerae in the south and Serra dos Airnores inthe north. It forms the eastern edge of thegreat Brazilian plateau, and is the true dividebetween the Atlantic Ocean and the Paranaand San Francisco basins, though its crest isnowhere more than lOO miles from the Rio de Janeiro
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