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North America, and thus bei ng little less than a ^ 



in direct length ; indeed, including its winding it .^ * 



thousand miles long. To t,h e north-west of it ^ * J * W ° 



numbers of small lakes united by a network of feo C0Unt,e ' s 

 l ^ a ms; while 



SCENERY ON THE ST. LAWRENCE 



LAKE OF THE THOUSAND Ini.,,- s 



numerous large rivers, such as the Ottawa, the St M , 

 and the Saguenay, How into it, and assist to swell j te J**"*' 

 There are numerous other small lakes to the West ofT 

 Rocky Mountains, a large number of which exist j, ] > 

 Province of British Columbia, and are more or less com, Tl 

 with the Eraser and Columbia R ivm Further ti) ^ **» 

 are other lakes, many of then, f volcanic ori gul ' ,CU 

 intensely salt, others formed of hot mud Among th„ Se ; T 



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