DESCRIPTIVE OUTLINE 



OF THE 



PAMPAS, 



The mountains of the Andes run about North and 

 South through the whole of South America, and 

 they are consequently nearly parallel to the two 

 shores of the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, di- 

 viding the country between them into two unequal 

 parts, each bounded by an Ocean and by the Cor- 

 dillera. 



It would at first be expected that these twin 

 countries, separated only by a range of mountains, 

 should have a great resemblance to each other; 

 but variety is the attribute of Omnipotence, and 

 nature has granted to these two countries a differ- 

 ence of climate and geological construction which 

 is very remarkable. 



From the tops of the Andes she supplies both 



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