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The centre of this great watershed is about where the Rocky Mountains enter British America from the United States. By consulting the map the truth of the statement is soon seen. ** In the next place, a person with good eyes will see on the map a long semicircle of great lakes and gulfs stretch- ing around Hudson Bay as a centre from the Atlantic to SOME NOTED RIVERa 99 the Arctic Ocean. This immense chain of lakes begins on the north with Great Bear Lake, and. ends with Ontario and the Gulf of... St. Lawrence. It doubtless marks the ancient shore of the ocean, which was forced back by the rising continent. south, slopes, *' A third interesting fact is the vast amount of fresh water in the St. Lawrence and its lakes. This amount is said to equal one half the fresh water of the globe. There must be, then, on this grand division an extensive rain-fall." Miss Gray then asked : ** What important slopes are found in North America, Florence? *' **The Atlantic slope, Pacific slope, and the double inland slope." " You might call the latter a double-double or quadruple slope, for it slopes from the Rocky Mountains eastward, from the Alleghanies west- ward, from the Great Divide both north and What do we observe in looking at a map of these or better still, when travelling over them?
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