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TIIK AMAZON AND MADDHIA RTVEUS. 
iihraj’-s consists of igapo, tlie newest fiodimeut ; wLlle tlie o]i]iositi^ 
oue may be vargem, or terra-tirnm. 
'I’recs of Rott avoocI, most of tlu'm witli Avbitc bark ami ligld 
OtfR TENT UNDEU TITE PALMS. ^I'llEl'.VliATION.S FOB TAKING THE SLTn’s ALTITUDE (mADEIRa). 
green foliage, liJie tbc embauba (^Cccropki)^ and tbe sipbonia; and 
herbaceous pbmts, broad-leaA'Cd holicouias and reeds, find the fittest 
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coakl easily Le distmguislied, tke olJust of M'liieli foruiwl a lakelet connected witl) 
the river only by a narrow channel. Natural corrcctioiiB of the sliarpest curves by 
tlie breaking through of the narrowest point of tho isthmus ai’o not raro. 
