| Show the amazon A m la ra aj v 0 n s long lon cable cahl e the amazon telegraph cable ex tends from train para pam at the mouth ot of tho the amazon to malaos manaos tho the capital of the state of amazons Ama ionae at tho the confluence of the amazon and rio negro it la Is tho therefore rather more than SOO 00 miles in length the amazon flows through demo tropical wilderness almost as virgin and unbroken today to day aa an when V tallace and bates first rat described it half balf a century ngo to erect cr or main tain a land t tle graph through tho the veil vell nigh impenetrable thicket thickets along its banke banks would be practically imps sible when therefore it was iho the M W i ft 1 nish wish of the braa Jl alan government to connect para and manaus by telegraph the bed bcd of the amazon vas chosen as the most roost feasible and an english company engaged to fur nish and lay a cable at para the amazon cable connects tho the whole submarine and land telegraph icem of at tho the herld bitting sitting in the cable room far up the amazon at ma M naos I 1 can mend a message to any of tha six continents as also to japan jaa java aad the philippine bland william U haler jr in field aad stream Bt reata |
