Show the river obus few features of the strange lands of central asia are stranger or more cele berated than the great amu daria the ancient obus which has been attempt ing once more to change its bed for more than two and a half centuries this river has flowed into the aral sea but for years before that a cord ng to ancient records its destination was he calpin caspin while it hns changed its whole course in the same way et once again within the period of which there are records remaining in the latter classical authors at the beginning of last month for the firsti time in several generations the amu daria began to break new ground again swollen by unusual floods id began to drive a channel in the diorec alon of a prosperous town which haa drung up of recent years in the neigh boyhood of a great bridge on mhd trans caspian railway line A thou sand men have been engaged day and night for weeks past constructing dams to protect this town and keea back the river in its old bed and tha cost of the work 1 as already amounted to many thousands of dollars |