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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...there are no hills at all in that direction. The valley opens out till the whole country is quite open and flat." "Yes, Tom. That is really a level plain, such as I showed you at school the other day." I o. "Are there many plains in England, Miss Rose?" "Oh yes, Harry! Most of England is level land. But we shall speak of the English plains some other day at school. I have not the map of England here, but I have brought the picture of a plain to show you." II. "What a large plain!" cried Mary. "It seems to be covered with grass. Are those horses on it?" "Yes, dear! This is the picture of a plain in a great land called America. The wide plains there are called Prairies. Some of these are as large as the whole of England." 12. "I wonder whoso horses these are," said Tom. "These are wild horses,-Tom. Hundreds of wild horses and wild cattle roam over those prairies. They run quite at liberty, and feed on the plentiful grass.". "How splendid it would be to hunt the wild horses on the prairie," said Harry. 13. "True, Harry. But here is a picture of a plain in Africa. See how different it is from the fertile prairie. There is no grass here. All is barren sand or rock. Wells of water are few and far between, and the sun shines fiercely down upon the parched earth." 14. "Is that where people use the camel to carry them safely across the sand?" asked Amy. "Yes, dear! The camel is called the ship of the desert. It can go a long time without water. That is how it is able to cross these parched plains." 15. "Is there no water in the desert, Miss Rose?" "Oh yes, Mary! Here and there are wells of cool water....
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