human
From the wide mouth of the Amazon, where it empties into the ocean, its water can be distinguished from the other--that of the ocean--for fifty leagues. The Amazon is so large and has so many tributaries that it drains two million, five hundred square miles of country. The Amazon is the king of rivers. It rises in the western range of the Andes, and is little better than a mountain torrent till it has burst through the gorges of the eastern range of the chain, where it is overhung by peaks that tower thousands of feet above its bed. But within three hundred miles from the Pacific is a branch, Huallagais, large enough and deep enough for steamers, and a few miles farther down the Amazon is navigable for vessels drawing five feet; and it grows deeper and deeper and more and more available for large vessels as it rolls on toward the ocean. The outlet of this mighty river is a feeder of the Gulf Stream. It is only since 1867 that the navigation of the Amazon has been open, but now regular lines of steamers ply between its mouth and Yurimaguas on the Huallaga.
gpt
Are there not many and important exports sent down the Amazon?
human
There are, indeed, replied the Captain,
gpt
Oh, exclaimed Elsie,
human
I'd like to see that fish with its babies in its mouth.
gpt
And I should be very sorry to have to carry my children in that way--even if the relative sizes of my mouth and children made it possible,
human
Brazil's a big country, isn't it, papa?
gpt
Yes, said his father;
human
Did Columbus discover it, and the Spaniards settle it, papa?