...peculiar, as to have acquired from its navigators a series of specifick names. "Sawyers are the bodies of trees, whose roots have by some means become fastened...motion, from the resemblance of which to that of a saw-mill, they have derived their name. Some of these have a very quick motion; others again are slower,...

...peculiar, as to have acquired from its navigators a series of specifick names. " Sawyers are the bodies of trees, whose roots have by some means become fastened...vibratory motion, from the resemblance of which to that of asaw-mill, they have derived their name. Some of these have a very quick motion ; others again are...

...peculiar, as to have acquired from ks navigators a series of specifick names. " Savijrert are the bodies of trees, whose roots have by some means become fastened...bottom of the river, in such a manner, that, from the continua' pressure of the current, they receive a regular vibratory motion, from the resemblance of...

...and is the highest spot in Europe. St. Gothard is the highest mountain. Navigation on the Mississippi is attended with many difficulties and dangers, from...by some means become fastened to the bottom of the C'oiinlry Start, txhUiiling tin Production! of Curium Countries. Frontispiece. From Willard's Geography...

...is the highest spot in Europe. St. Gothard is the highest mountain. "Navigation on the Mississippi is attended with many difficulties and dangers, from...sudden crooks and bends in the river, the falling in oi its banks, an'd more especially from the SAWYERS, so called, which are trees whose roots have by...