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Show Floating Pralrlee. a riirloua phenoincnon, known aa prirloi tremblnnlea. r ninR prnr. lea, iirevnlla In So-ithern l.millina. nnil la ri-aimnrll-!,- for much iinmaga tiering the aiiiin.il ovcrllow of the M'.H-Ippl river. All along tho gulf cnait tho largo border of bind floate on the auifacp of tho water. Tho Iun4 la mado by fallen timber and graiara. II gnidiinlly accunmlatoi earth and In cornea In the com ao of tlnje nulllclenlly firm to aupport "'I nd even Ireea; but the aoll la inly three Inches or a little lea thitk, and below It la tho wntcr. upon which It flout i on iiccount of Ita Unlit-ni-tf. Oocailonally picccB of trembling trem-bling prairie nre d- tnelied and become Oo.illng lalniida. Thero nre quite a number f Iht-ae iMlamla. rontlng from able to aide, being freqip nlly curried at l rapid rato by the breeze, (reel acting an aalla to catch tho wind. |