132 Springs, Rivers, and the Sea. 

 African River. 



Nile 



American Rivers. 

 Mississippi ........ 8 



Amazons ......... 15| 



When we reflect on the immense length 

 of these rivers, and their origin, we are 

 naturally directed to the contemplation of 

 the round which water travels ; and by 

 which, without suffering adulteration or 

 waste, it is continually offering itself to 

 the wants of the habitable globe. From 

 the sea are exhaled those vapours which 

 form the clouds ; these clouds descend in 

 refreshing showers of rain, which sinking 

 deep into the earth, form springs, and 

 springs uniting form rivers, which rivers 

 in return feed the ocean. So there is an 

 incessant circulation of the same fluid; and 

 not one drop probably more or less now 

 than there was at the creation. In fact, 

 " look nature through, 'tis revolution all'* 

 wherever we turn our eyes, all seems 

 continually in a state of change or circu- 

 lation. a The sun," saith Solomon, " ari- 

 seth, and the sun goeth down, and pants 



