Full text: The Guyot geographical reader and primer

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GEOGRAPHICAL READER. 
valley toward the sea. We see, on the banks of the 
stream, several large and busy villages, and some stil] 
larger and busier places, called cities. 
5. As the river goes on, it grows larger and larger; 
for brooks and smaller rivers, one after another, flow 
into it. Thus larger and larger vessels can sail on it, 
and more and more kinds of business can be done in 
the places on its banks. So we do not wonder at all 
when we come to cities that are bigger and more full 
of business than any which we have before seen. 
6. Here is a city named Zventon. It is built just 
where the Delaware has become deep and wide enough 
for ships and steamboats to move about in its waters. 
We now change to another railroad. "This carries us 
across the river, and on, southwestward, to a much 
greater city, built beside the Delaware, nearer the sea. 
This is Philadelphia, one of the largest cities in our 
country. It is in the State of Pennsylvania. 
7. IIere we see mile after mile of streets paved with 
blocks of stone to keep them firm and smooth. On 
each side of the streets, are walks which are thronged 
with people hurrying to and fro. In some of the 
streets, are lines of railroad. On the rails, are street 
cars filled with people who have too far to go, or are 
too much in haste, to walk, 
8. Beside the streets, are long rows of tall houses, 
standing so close together that they touch one another, 
and look like only one great building. "There is no 
room for flower gardens around the houses, such as we 
see in villages. "The houses, too, are so much alike, 
than, if it were not for the number placed on each, a per- 
go mie Cu m. istake some other house for his own.
	        
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