. The earth and its inhabitants .. . GÙ° West oF GreeriNA/icln 59° 60 Miles. resembling the long lines of poplars which border the meadowlands in the Loire valley. The general aspect and the vegetation of the savannas are modified witb the varying quantity of atmospheric moisture or the greater or less aridity of the soil. In the neighbourhood of the sea and of the coast streams or creeks, the pi'ipris or swampy tracts have somewhat the character of the savannas proper. They dry up in summer when the ground yields a scanty growth of grasses, coniinning sea- wards the surface of the arid inland
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . GÙ° West oF GreeriNA/icln 59° 60 Miles. resembling the long lines of poplars which border the meadowlands in the Loire valley. The general aspect and the vegetation of the savannas are modified witb the varying quantity of atmospheric moisture or the greater or less aridity of the soil. In the neighbourhood of the sea and of the coast streams or creeks, the pi'ipris or swampy tracts have somewhat the character of the savannas proper. They dry up in summer when the ground yields a scanty growth of grasses, coniinning sea- wards the surface of the arid inland prairies. In French Guiana most of these swamps take the o(p/nofières, from the jiuot palms (assai or euferj)e edulh), which border their margins.
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