 There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the...  Selections from Various Sources - Page 84by Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Douglas Jerrold Kelley - 1884 - 542 pages
...river in the bosom of the ocean ; in the severest drought it never fails, and in the highest flood it never overflows ; its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm ; it takes its rise in the Gulf of Mexico, and empties itself into the Arctic Seas ; this mighty river... | |
 | John Richard Blakiston - 1884 - 256 pages
...the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the... | |
 | 1887 - 572 pages
...themselves. 200. Gulf Stream. There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...its bottom are of cold water, while its current is warm. The gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is the Arctic seas. It is the Gulf Stream.... | |
 | 1886 - 524 pages
...and died in 1873.] THERE is a river in the ocean : in the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows; its banks...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current... | |
 | 1886 - 552 pages
...droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottoms are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters.... | |
 | William T. Ross - 1887 - 362 pages
...ocean. In the severest drought it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its hanks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Ocean. It is the Gulf Stream. Physical Geography of the Sea. Maitry. 4. More potent far may be the... | |
 | William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 pages
...\axia. THE GULF STREAM. There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current... | |
 | William T. Ross - 1890 - 552 pages
...Sensitive Plant. Shelley. 3. There is a river in the ocean. In the severest drought it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Ocean. It is the Gulf Stream. Physical Geography ofthe Sea. Maury. 4. More potent far may be the look,... | |
 | 1894 - 260 pages
...of the Gulf Stream—" There is a river in the ocean; in the severest drought it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, whilst its current is of warm. It takes its rise in the Gulf of Mexico, and empties into the Arctic... | |
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