Every river has, nevertheless, its individuality, its great silent interest.

Every river has, moreover, its influence, which extends to the people who pass their lives within sight of its waters.

Thus the Guadalquivir is rapid, mysterious, untrammelled--breaking frequently from its boundary.

And it runs through Andalusia.

The Nile--the river of ages--runs clear, untroubled through the centuries, between banks untouched by man.