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Show Dcscris ihe Oc can (lr..n, like conlllienla, have their (j, . ri... On the hlth aeaa there are vast i.,.ic.. h..e nv hnve nev. r been parted by the prow of a tailing ,eMel or limbed by ihe propeller of a utenin.-r; linini-ni.e aolilmlea where tho IMp of a "II l "ev r b.urd nor tho mrl.lml cry of a alren; veritable dea- rr, ,.,H ne la broken only b the howling of the wind anil Ihn rear of the wne which have be.-n vainly pur-ulng one another l"ee the liar of creation. Theae ilenerta lie forgotten betwUt the narrow ocean hluhwa)a Iraveb d bv veaaela. In anrh waaif placia of the aa a dlnnble.l ahlp. driven out of Ha roure by a hurricane, may drift for moiilha. tru-ed by the ream-lcia ground awell. without being able to ball altnce; her only chance of curape la the poaalblllly that aom oceanic current niny drag her Into a morn frequent renlon. The gradual but ronntant dlwippenr-ance dlwippenr-ance of anlllng ahlpa niadn the ocean more of a ilenert than before. Hailing veaaela had their eatabllnhed rontea In arrordanre with wlnda, currenta and aeaanna; the gapa lielween Ihe roulee tnken by out ward bound and home-ward home-ward bound ahlpa were often ronld-erable; ronld-erable; moreover, tho raprlcloua ele-menla ele-menla not Infrequently played Ihe mla-chlef mla-chlef with nautical linlructlona. and, aa a reault. the field of operalluna fur ocean ahlpplng waa vaatly eipanded. Thla la no longer true today. Tho liner gnea alralght ahead. In defiance of wind and wave; the porta between which aho plica are great Induatrlal or rommerclnl Centura, whither come niiroborleaa railway rvlng ae pro- lonT.itlona of Ihe if,,,. , ,,f navlx.itlnn. The oci hlKhy, arc therefore, anything hut numen.'i". I'h" m"'lt freiiientei of ocean tl"' Atlantic. Apnrt from the p.,ir .. we aeo that In !la northern part tl" re la only one deaerl rono a dreary waHto of wniera between t,,. nmie from Knrope to the I'nltwi atatea or Canada Can-ada and thoao from Ktind' to ho Ant Itli-H. In the eouth, between Ihe roulea from Houth America or the weatern American coaat anil the ruutea from rVuiih Africa, extemla a d-ert ocea-alopalty ocea-alopalty traveraed by the at'-flinera of the llnea from Catie Twn and Mo-i.-iiulilque. which, when the coffee Beaton Bea-ton l at Ita helKht In llrar.ll, croal Ihe Atlantic for cargoci at Klo Jan-elm Jan-elm or Knntoa. The Indian ocean la frequented only In Ihe north, by line, nut of India and In, In China, and a little la Ihe weat by llnert from Oeeanlra, which call at Colombo and then make atralKht for Australia. Two llnea. earn with a aleamer a month, folio a "lender lane from Auatralla to Cap Town. The Pnclllc la the R.ihara of great aena. Having ot.ly the ateainahlpl from tho far eaat to California and llrlllah Colombia, a line from Hydney lo Han Kranclaco. and a one-horae lino (wl'h aalllnga four or ,lml' B year) between Tahiti and the 1,'nltnd Hlalea aave for theee mere rlblion-like rlblion-like atrcaka tho Pacific It a desert. Only a few native canoea ply daringly dar-ingly from taland to Inland In arch-Ih arch-Ih lagoea girt round with coral reefa veritable ocean graveyarda, the terror ter-ror of ace faring men. |