Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 496
noise of the train, a far-off mur-mur of sound grows upon the ear; and a little while later, floating upward from out the forest,there comes in sight a long line of snowy vapor,which, as the low sun touches it, glows with soft,many-colored lights. This mist-cloud is causedby the sudden narrowing of… … THE MAIN FALLS FROM CATARACT ISLAND. into rain, which falls in eternal showers gloriousin this thirsty land, and makes in the countryclose about the Falls one perpetual spring. This tract of land is known as the Rain Forest,and in its tropical magnificence, its soft and deli-cate beauty, can surely…
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