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• 411. [Image] The Tiber, Castle of San Angelo, St. Peter's Church

  	The Tiber is the principle river of cental Italy. It rises in Tuscany, at the south of the Monte Fumajolo in the Province of Arezzo, about 30 miles east of the source of the Arno, at an altitude of more ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The Tiber, Castle of San Angelo, St. Peter's Church Year: 1900 The Tiber is the principle river of cental Italy. It rises in Tuscany, at the south of the Monte Fumajolo in the Province of Arezzo, about 30 miles east of the source of the Arno, at an altitude of more than 3,600 feet above the level of the sea, and flows towards the south in a winding course, across Perugia (Umbria). After receiving the waters of many small streams, at Orte, where it is joined by the Nera (the ancient Nar) it forms the boundary between Umbria and Rome, enciricling Mount Soracte and entering the Campagna Romana. About three miles above Rome it is swelled by the Anio (now Ariene or Teverone) then passes through the city of Rome, where it forms an island, the Insula Tiberina (now Isola di San Bartolommeo) and enters the Tyrrhenian Sea about 26 miles below. The total length of the Tiber is 245 miles; its breadth at Rome is about 250 feet. It is a swift-running stream, carrying down an enormous amount of alluvial matter, which, in solution, gives the water that yellowish color for which the flavus Tiberis was renowned. The sediment deposited at the mouth of the Tiber is pushing out the land at the rate of about 10 feet a year, so that the ruins of Ostra, the ancient harbor of Rome, are now more than 4 miles inland. The delta is formed of two mouths, the fuimicino, originally a channel dug by Trajan for his harbor (Port Traiani) now the larger and navigable branch, and the fuimara, now almost choked by sand banks; and these inclose the Isola Sacra, a desolate and unhealthful island once sacred to a Venus. The Tiber is navigable by small steamers as far as Rome and by smaller craft 60 miles higher up. It is subject to frequent and often disastrous inundations, of which the ancient writers have recorded no less than 23. Among the more famous floods are that mentioned by Horace, when the water at Rome rose 51 1/2 feet, and in 1900 when it reached a flood height of almost 54 feet. To remedy this evil the government, beginning in 1876, constructed massive embankments at Rome, at the expense of more than $25,000,000; but the carefully planned work has proved defective. The stream on the north of the Tiber island has become clogged with sand, and in the flood of 1900 fully a quarter of a mile of the south embankment was carried away by the water. Title: The Tiber, Castle of San Angelo, St. Peter's Church Year: 1900 The Tiber is the principle river of cental Italy. It rises in Tuscany, at the south of the Monte Fumajolo in the Province of Arezzo, about 30 miles east of the source of the Arno, at an altitude of more than 3,600 feet above the level of the sea, and flows towards the south in a winding course, across Perugia (Umbria). After receiving the waters of many small streams, at Orte, where it is joined by the Nera (the ancient Nar) it forms the boundary between Umbria and Rome, enciricling Mount Soracte and entering the Campagna Romana. About three miles above Rome it is swelled by the Anio (now Ariene or Teverone) then passes through the city of Rome, where it forms an island, the Insula Tiberina (now Isola di San Bartolommeo) and enters the Tyrrhenian Sea about 26 miles below. The total length of the Tiber is 245 miles; its breadth at Rome is about 250 feet. It is a swift-running stream, carrying down an enormous amount of alluvial matter, which, in solution, gives the water that yellowish color for which the flavus Tiberis was renowned. The sediment deposited at the mouth of the Tiber is pushing out the land at the rate of about 10 feet a year, so that the ruins of Ostra, the ancient harbor of Rome, are now more than 4 miles inland. The delta is formed of two mouths, the fuimicino, originally a channel dug by Trajan for his harbor (Port Traiani) now the larger and navigable branch, and the fuimara, now almost choked by sand banks; and these inclose the Isola Sacra, a desolate and unhealthful island once sacred to a Venus. The Tiber is navigable by small steamers as far as Rome and by smaller craft 60 miles higher up. It is subject to frequent and often disastrous inundations, of which the ancient writers have recorded no less than 23. Among the more famous floods are that mentioned by Horace, when the water at Rome rose 51 1/2 feet, and in 1900 when it reached a flood height of almost 54 feet. To remedy this evil the government, beginning in 1876, constructed massive embankments at Rome, at the expense of more than $25,000,000; but the carefully planned work has proved defective. The stream on the north of the Tiber island has become clogged with sand, and in the flood of 1900 fully a quarter of a mile of the south embankment was carried away by the water. Close

• 412. [Image] Beautiful Lake Grasmere

  	What a glorious picture this would make in colors! Let one who had the privilege of observing this region in autumn describe such a view as he saw it: “The beauty of the scene lies in Nature’s harmonious ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Beautiful Lake Grasmere Year: 1900 What a glorious picture this would make in colors! Let one who had the privilege of observing this region in autumn describe such a view as he saw it: “The beauty of the scene lies in Nature’s harmonious blending, and one feels that only the poet’s imagery could describe it. The mountain is perfectly pictured in two-thirds the width of Grasmere — so clear, so perfect is the counterfeit that even the charming mystery of height remains. The summit curving against autumnal blue, the purple crags, the screes, here grey, there blue, there a finer tinge where rock, grass, and heather meet, the turgid flood of color where the bracken is dying, the solid free of the larch woods, the softer plumes of birch, the fiery oaks, the fading green meadows, are all in this peaceful mirror.” Title: Beautiful Lake Grasmere Year: 1900 What a glorious picture this would make in colors! Let one who had the privilege of observing this region in autumn describe such a view as he saw it: “The beauty of the scene lies in Nature’s harmonious blending, and one feels that only the poet’s imagery could describe it. The mountain is perfectly pictured in two-thirds the width of Grasmere — so clear, so perfect is the counterfeit that even the charming mystery of height remains. The summit curving against autumnal blue, the purple crags, the screes, here grey, there blue, there a finer tinge where rock, grass, and heather meet, the turgid flood of color where the bracken is dying, the solid free of the larch woods, the softer plumes of birch, the fiery oaks, the fading green meadows, are all in this peaceful mirror.” Close

• 413. [Image] Calcutta, delta of the Ganges

  	The Ganges is fed by the perpetual snows of the Himalaya Mountains and after a southern and eastern course of 1557 miles, flows into the northern section of the Bay of Bengal, through a multi-channeled ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Calcutta, delta of the Ganges Year: 1900 The Ganges is fed by the perpetual snows of the Himalaya Mountains and after a southern and eastern course of 1557 miles, flows into the northern section of the Bay of Bengal, through a multi-channeled delta 283 miles long. Its basin, lying between the Himalaya and Vindhya ranges, is one of the finest and most fertile portions of the world, as well as one of the densest populated areas of the globe. The Ganges has its main source in a snow-field embedded between three Himalayan mountains over 22,000 feet high. Like all rivers subject to floods, the Ganges holds in suspension a large ad-mixture of mud and sand, depositing in the sea annually millions of tons of solid matter. The delta, which in the northen part is fertile and well cultivated, in the south bordering the seas is a dismal network of swamp land, known as the Sundarbans, infested by crocodiles, tigers, and other wild animals. The Ganges occupies an important position in Hindu mythology of the classical and the Puranic periods and it is the subject of numerous traditions and legends. In the religion of all classes of Hindus it is held in particular veneration as the holiest of rivers, the cleanser of sins, and the entrance to Paradise, when death and sepulture occur upon its banks. Temples and shrines with ghats or flights of steps, giving easy access to its waters, stud its banks almost from its source; the most conspicuous example are the temples and ghats of holy Benares. The most famous cities of India have developed at critical points on the banks of the Ganges, as, e.g. the confluence of a tributary, and three have become sanctified spots; that of the Jumna at Allahabad is considered the most sacred and is the most frequented place of ablution, annually visited by thousands of pious pilgrims, who also convey the water to all parts of India for use in their religious rights. Title: Calcutta, delta of the Ganges Year: 1900 The Ganges is fed by the perpetual snows of the Himalaya Mountains and after a southern and eastern course of 1557 miles, flows into the northern section of the Bay of Bengal, through a multi-channeled delta 283 miles long. Its basin, lying between the Himalaya and Vindhya ranges, is one of the finest and most fertile portions of the world, as well as one of the densest populated areas of the globe. The Ganges has its main source in a snow-field embedded between three Himalayan mountains over 22,000 feet high. Like all rivers subject to floods, the Ganges holds in suspension a large ad-mixture of mud and sand, depositing in the sea annually millions of tons of solid matter. The delta, which in the northen part is fertile and well cultivated, in the south bordering the seas is a dismal network of swamp land, known as the Sundarbans, infested by crocodiles, tigers, and other wild animals. The Ganges occupies an important position in Hindu mythology of the classical and the Puranic periods and it is the subject of numerous traditions and legends. In the religion of all classes of Hindus it is held in particular veneration as the holiest of rivers, the cleanser of sins, and the entrance to Paradise, when death and sepulture occur upon its banks. Temples and shrines with ghats or flights of steps, giving easy access to its waters, stud its banks almost from its source; the most conspicuous example are the temples and ghats of holy Benares. The most famous cities of India have developed at critical points on the banks of the Ganges, as, e.g. the confluence of a tributary, and three have become sanctified spots; that of the Jumna at Allahabad is considered the most sacred and is the most frequented place of ablution, annually visited by thousands of pious pilgrims, who also convey the water to all parts of India for use in their religious rights. Close