. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Depths. 0 to 32 Feet. 32 to 80 Feet. SO Feet and upwards. 60 Miles. abrupt bend to the east its two banks, diverging to a distance of one or two miles, acquire a completely alluvial character ; and here the nipa palm is the only arbo- rescent growth. Here also it becomes a tidal stream, flowing, so to say, beyond the mainland, and, like the Mississippi, ramifying into numerous " goose feet " amid the surrounding marine waters. An exceptional spring tide, some 5 or 6 feet

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