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Show I Our Total Coast IJns The raeilic ocean boundary of the United Slates has a greater extent of coat line than the Atlantic shore. Tho a-rgrv-ate of our tdioro line on the Pacific U i.?:'.4 ir.il. -s. while on the Atlantic it is ll.Soo miles, anil on the Gulf of Mexico Mex-ico tl.S t't. It was the aniu'xntion of Ala-;a that promoted the Pacific coast to a higher figure than the Atlantic, Alaska having ',l.S;(l miles of coast line. If the lake tHUindaiy ia added it gives us n total coast line not very short of twiro the circumference of tho earth. Chicago Herald |