Show frr h Vtntrr In llrlnk On calm day tho crow ot Iho light hip anchored three miles oil the mouth of thus Columbia river Oregon am able at ebbtide to lower a bucket over the tide nod bring up water fresh enough for drinking purpo e Thule freih water wa-ter iprradtf out over the surface of the ocean In the shape ot a fan the apex being tho mouth of lure Columbia U 1 li only about two feet In depth and It Ihe bucket II 1 allowed lo link below that depth Iho water with which It 1 li filled In I strong ocean brine There arc not many river In tho world nlth ttrength tuincleiit to send their water ro far out to sea tho prltirlpil exception being the Amaion which freshens the ocean for twenty mile aft 115 mouth ehlp hating filled their cask with fteili water tram Iho Anvion when out of sight ot Und |