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... Cape Horn , at the southern point of South America , been pushed up from the sea bottom . The picture of Mount Edgecombe represents one of these . A single mountain is a peak . Many mountain peaks were once volcanoes . Mounts Ouray ...
... Cape Horn , at the southern point of South America , been pushed up from the sea bottom . The picture of Mount Edgecombe represents one of these . A single mountain is a peak . Many mountain peaks were once volcanoes . Mounts Ouray ...
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... CAPE BAY LAKE OUTLET CLEAR WATER MAP OF A MOUNTAIN LAKE . SHORE On the next page there are pictures of ponds ; one is in the moun- tains , and one is in the low- lands . Trace around each . Trace the slopes of each . What evidences of ...
... CAPE BAY LAKE OUTLET CLEAR WATER MAP OF A MOUNTAIN LAKE . SHORE On the next page there are pictures of ponds ; one is in the moun- tains , and one is in the low- lands . Trace around each . Trace the slopes of each . What evidences of ...
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... CAPE COD , MASS . CLAY. coasts and shores extend out into the water , forming projections . These are called ... CAPE- AN ISLAND SOUND A STRAIT PENINSULA AN ISTHMUS A MARSH OR SWAMP BAY OR GULF A STREAM Find an isthmus in the picture ...
... CAPE COD , MASS . CLAY. coasts and shores extend out into the water , forming projections . These are called ... CAPE- AN ISLAND SOUND A STRAIT PENINSULA AN ISTHMUS A MARSH OR SWAMP BAY OR GULF A STREAM Find an isthmus in the picture ...
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... CAPE COD . During a storm or high wind the water is lashed into great waves which sometimes rise thirty or forty feet . Such waves break upon the shores with tremendous force . The continuous action of the restless sea , together with ...
... CAPE COD . During a storm or high wind the water is lashed into great waves which sometimes rise thirty or forty feet . Such waves break upon the shores with tremendous force . The continuous action of the restless sea , together with ...
Page 95
... packed sand . They are fine bathing resorts and prome · nades . tide flow and ebb in twenty - four hours ,. SAND - DUNES , CAPE COD , MASS . CLAY CLIFFS , GAY HEAD , MARTHA'S VINEYARD , MASS . SOUTHAMPTON HARBOR , ENGLAND . THE OCEAN . 95.
... packed sand . They are fine bathing resorts and prome · nades . tide flow and ebb in twenty - four hours ,. SAND - DUNES , CAPE COD , MASS . CLAY CLIFFS , GAY HEAD , MARTHA'S VINEYARD , MASS . SOUTHAMPTON HARBOR , ENGLAND . THE OCEAN . 95.
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Africa Alaska animals ANTARCTIC ANTARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC ARCTIC CIRCLE Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic ATLANTIC OCEAN Australia Baffin Bay belong Bering Sea bodies of water Brazil Cape China climate Coastal Plain cold Continent cotton coun Describe DESERT earth east eastern Europe farming Find flow forests fruits grain grand divisions grass grow Gulf harbors highlands important Indians industries islands Lake land largest city live locate the capital lowlands manufacturing Mexico mineral mining Mississippi moun mountain Name and locate North America northern OCEAN Pacific PACIFIC OCEAN PENINSULA plants plateau Port principal railroads region rock rocky Russia seaport Siberia slope snow soil South southern Strait streams sugar summer surface tains Tell tion Trace the rivers trade centers trees TROPIC TROPIC OF CANCER TROPIC OF CAPRICORN tures United Valley vessels warm water-parting West White winds winter
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Page 7 - The wonderful air is over me, And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree; It walks on the water, and whirls the mills, And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.
Page 8 - With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles? Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I tremble to think of you, World, at all; And yet, when I said my prayers to-day, A whisper inside me seemed to say, "You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!
Page 99 - Granite to me is potter's clay: Under the touch of my careless waves It rises in turrets and sinks in caves; The iron cliffs that edge the land I grind to pebbles, and sift to sand, And beach-grass bloweth and children play In what were the rocks of yesterday; It is but a moment of sport to me — I am the Sea! I am the Sea. In my bosom deep Wealth and Wonder and Beauty sleep; Wealth and Wonder and Beauty rise In changing splendor of sunset skies, And comfort the earth with rains and snows Till waves...
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Page 99 - THE SEA. I am the Sea. I hold the land As one holds an apple in his hand. Hold it fast with sleepless eyes, Watching the continents sink and rise. Out of my bosom the mountains grow, Back to its depths they crumble slow : The earth is a helpless child to me — I am the Sea! I am the Sea. When I draw back Blossom and verdure follow my track, And the land I leave grows proud and fair, For the wonderful race of man is there; And the winds of heaven wail and cry While the nations rise and reign and...
Page 99 - I am the Sea. The earth I sway; Granite to me is potter's clay ; Under the touch of my careless waves It rises in turrets and sinks in caves; The iron cliffs that edge the land I grind to pebbles and sift to sand, And beach-grass bloweth and children play In what were the rocks of yesterday. It is but a moment of sport to me. I am the Sea ! I am the Sea. In my bosom deep Wealth and Wonder and Beauty sleep ; Wealth and Wonder and Beauty rise In changing splendor of sunset skies, And comfort the earth...
Page 222 - Erie, Penn Evansville, Ind. . . Fall River, Mass. . . Fitchburg, Mass. . . Fort Wayne, Ind. . . Fort Worth, Tex. . . Galveston, Tex. . . Gloucester, Mass. . . Grand Rapids, Mich. Harrisburg, Penn. Hartford, Conn. . . Haverhill, Mass. . . Hoboken, NJ . . . Holyoke, Mass. . . Houston, Tex. . . . Indianapolis, Ind.
Page 22 - For convenience in measuring distances the surface of the earth is divided into two equal parts by an imaginary line, called the Equator, extending horizontally around it.
Page 9 - They are divided into six Grand Divisions : North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. (Europe and Asia together form Eurasia.) Find each grand division in the world-pictures.
Page 222 - Pa., Atlanta, Ga., Atlantic City, NJ, Auburn, 'NY, Augusta, Ga., Baltimore, Md., Bay City, Mich ... Bayonne, N.