THE MISSISSIPPI. 
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great a °pen tlic inmost recesses of this part 
\^'^’®nsiv continent. Near the heads of these 
Slaving a communication with eaci 
\''“^Iissi great river St. Laurence. 
Vs‘^‘‘'gs take its rise from three ow 
' and ^ foi ty-six degrees of nortii 
^ as L f^‘P®ty-eight of west longitude. It has been 
r.'^'^ana as forty-five degrees North, 
dC'*‘''ad fi^‘‘ rerty-hve degrees JNorth, about one 
e' ttynniles above tlie FjiLLS of st. antiiony. 
• ®t5ove two thousand miles, comprising 
i? U^^'^kes In a south-east direction, it proceeds 
'hit takes thirty-eight degrees of north latitude ; 
^'Wi(jg course almost due south, till it .arrives at 
'"'ard ’ ''’“‘^'■e it again runs to the south east. On 
« fs llPai- +U^ nt. A .1 
icnijjg” ^ course almost due south, till it arrives at 
ih. St, tke Falls of St. Anthony, it receives 
tiv, 
'ast 
^honV^p'®' Feter j and, in the same direc- 
ftl'^t’a; j. rorty-one degrees of north latitude, the 
brJ^"‘^’S from the eastward the Fox river, and 
forty degrees. A little lower, the noble 
easpT® *om the westw.ard, tlie Ohio joining 
agrees me V 
■k • ^niassas first join, and then pour their 
into tlita -.r ^ _ 
At tliirty-three degrees the White 
which 
, • — - — ‘■*9 AAAAS.A AAi^lA ^V/t 
1 Illij^s itself ° ^his grend receptacle of waters, 
V'8if^‘'^l rivi!.” openings. 
A jT *^iles • ’ - joined by the Missouri, is 
\ \ p®* any width, and continue its course south- 
bety,°^*'‘^®''^hle stream falling into it, after the 
V'Ni thp^!rv^^° ^hree hundred miles, when it 
T this 'h'he country on each side the 
i'greeakPf"'' exceedingly fine, and the climate 
Mississippi is very tedious, even in 
k '"f tr’ c/* '^‘^cmed safe to sail down it during 
being constantly encumbered by 
tll0 
h‘; 
^ '»to 
the 
Water, 
winds tear from its banks, anil 
The ascent is still more difficult 
northward from its mouili. tlio 
„ 
^ ii(.^’ Wliicp continued level spot, covered witlt 
'-'‘'Jin' ®‘’'*rely intercept the winds as ta 
’'''tiall to prevail, insomuch that, iu 
\y7 requires a month to navigate twenty 
Co these forests cease, the remainder of 
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