...alluvial and densely wooded forest, extending over an area of at least one hundred thousand square miles, partially irrigated by the Atlantic tides,...decomposition of vegetable matter, is very perceptible, and some* A couplet, from an old doggrel rhyme, supposed to date its origin from the period when the English...

...alluvial and densely wooded forest, extending over an area of at least one hundred thousand square miles, partially irrigated by the Atlantic tides,...vegetable matter, is very perceptible, and sometimes evea offensive. The water also is frequently of a dirty hue, with leaves, branches, and other vegetable...

...alluvial and densely wooded forest, extending over an area of at least one hundred thousand square miles, partially irrigated by the Atlantic tides, and intersected by numerous rivers and crocks, whose mnddy banks are unceasingly overflowed. At the distance of several miles from the coast,...

...alluvial and densely-wooded forest, extending over an area of at least one hundred thousand square miles, partially irrigated by the Atlantic tides,...creeks, whose muddy banks are unceasingly overflowed." The odour of the exhalations is perceptible several miles out at sea, and the tainted waters are loaded...

...upwards of 100,000 square miles, consisting of one vast alluvial and densely-wooded forest, irrigated by Atlantic tides, and intersected by numerous rivers and creeks, whose muddy banks are constantly overflowed. In describing a tropical forest, Humboldt says, " Under the bushy, deep, green...