ATLANTIC OCEAN

the most a of the oceans, lies between the Old Wor and the New, and is 9,000 miles long, wi an average breadth of 2,700 miles, a: an average depth of 15,000 feet. It characterised by the length of its coa: line, the size and number of the inla: seas, guifs, and bers connected with and the number of large rivers it receiv These rei ge jal combined with t great fertility of the countries on shores, make it the greatest commerc highwey of the world. The princi currents are the Equatorial Ourre: which cro es from the coast of Africa the shores of South America; the G: Stream, which at first flows parallel to t coast of North America, but turns ea ward first at O. Hatter as, and ne at the Banks of Newfoundland, a: laves the shores of the British Islan and Scand in a via; and the cold Labrad Current which meets the Gulf Stream | Newfoundland, and then flows between and the coast of North America. T circular motion of the waters of ¢ North Atlantic leads to an accumulati of drift-wood, sea-weed, and other float i matter, and favours the growth of t “gualf-weed.” Tho central portion known as the Sarga o Sea. Hero t weed is so densely packed as to impe the pa ace of ships. A similar Sarga: Sea exists in the South Atlantic. ATLAS. (1) The leader of the Titans, w attempted te storm the heavens and dethrone Zeus. For this he was cc demned to bear the heavens on his he a_i shoulders. aor first verte w rt et e I. in ne d Priel, N ranges orocco an or Africa. The Little Atlas is close to t coast: the Great Atlas is farther sou! and io Mount Milteln reaches an elevati of 11,400 feet, 2. Seranes. = =e ~* [s. 57]