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Just above the falls of Niagara the
river is about a mile wide. Below this
point the stream narrows and plunges
over a precipice about one hundred and
fifty feet in height.

Below the falls the river flows in a
wide, rocky gorge.

The water that in a single minute
makes the leap of Niagara would fill a
box fifty feet wide, fifty feet high and
more than a mile long.

A canal has been made between Lake
Erie and Lake Ontario, and ships can
go back and forth, without sailing upon
the Niagara river.

62. The Mississippi Basin.

What large river basin is south of
the Height of Land ?

In what general direction does this
basin slope ?

_ Into what body of water does the Mis-
sissippl river flow ?

What bounds the basin of the Missis-
sippi on the west? On the east? On
the north ?

What large river from the west flows
into the Mississippi? Where does the
Missouri river rise ?

 

Niagara Falls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  
 
  
 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In what direction does the Ohio river flow?
Into what does it flow ?

Where are the prairies? Where are
the western plains? Where are
the southern plains ?

The vast plains that spread
round the Great Lakes on nearly
all sides are called prairies. The
soil in most places is deep and
fertile.

Mile after mile of nodding
cornflower, mile after mile of
waving wheat, grassy fields
dotted with sleek cattle, — these
are some of the sights on the
prairies in summer. :

Mile after mile of drifting
snow, mile after mile of frozen
' the sights on the prairie in winter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prairie Scenes in ‘Winter and Summer,

   

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