Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . abode of man, for there wouldbe no water to drink, no air to breathe ; the land, not wateredby dews and rain, could not peld him food. 16. Therefore, Tuo Indisjnnsable Agents are provided,—the sun and atmosphere. The Sun by his Fouerful Eight and Heat SO acts upon thesea that thin, fi-esh water called vapor is separated from it. Thevapor, like a feather loosened from a bird, is borne upward bythe atmosphere, and can-ied far away by the winds. Tapor becomes Cl
Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . abode of man, for there wouldbe no water to drink, no air to breathe ; the land, not wateredby dews and rain, could not peld him food. 16. Therefore, Tuo Indisjnnsable Agents are provided,—the sun and atmosphere. The Sun by his Fouerful Eight and Heat SO acts upon thesea that thin, fi-esh water called vapor is separated from it. Thevapor, like a feather loosened from a bird, is borne upward bythe atmosphere, and can-ied far away by the winds. Tapor becomes Clouds, and afterward returns to the earthin the form of rain, dew, or snow, to water and fertilize the soil,and to scatter all over the land innumerable springs, streams,and lakes of dehcious water. 17. It is evident, then, that AU Farts of the Earth, aboveand below its surface, are made to harmonize and cooperatewith each other as an organized whole, for the gi-eat object cfthe gradual perfection of the human race. If there were no ocean, would there be any rivers or springs ? Any rain orclouds t 10 MONTEITHS PHYSICAL Mountain Systems are Colored Brown .Plains and VallCs,Green. oe6tion V. f^ fHE ^ontinents-Jheir JForm. ^ 1. The Land on the Earths Siirfare is known, generaEy,as continents and islands : the continents are two in number;the Eastern or Oriental, called the Old World, and the West-ern or Occidental, called the New World; the islands arenumerous. Australia is sometimes called a continent. 2. When Land first emerged from the water and cameinto contact with the atmosphere, it was not then as it is now,either in extent or form. 3. Xone of those Lartje Bodies of Land appeared, whoseshapes we now trace on the globe or map ; but, comparativelysmall points were projected, which graduallj- rose higher andextended more widely, according to the pressure of the forcesbeneath. 4. A Continent is entirely surrounded by water. 5. A Continent, with its peninsulas, high
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