River of Mud.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1153, 24 December 1918, Page 2

River of Mud.

What is, perhaps, the most wonderful river in the whole world, and one which is certaiuly unique of its kind, has just been discovered by a party of prospectors exploring what is known as the "Smoky River Region," in Northern Alberta, Canada. Briefly, it is a river of mud. That is to say, although its course is well marked, with banks clearly defined, ae in an ordinary river, its bed contains not water, but thick liquid mud of the consistency of treacle. The mud river flows as does a water river, but, of course, much more slowly. In fact, its progress during the time the party were observing it more nearly ressmbled that of a glacier. Unlike a glacier, however, there is no terminal moraine. A glacier, at its foot, melts and Hows away, leaving an accumulation of rocks, but any heavy masses that may be in this river of mud must settle to the bottom and remain concealed by the mud itself. This mud river debouches on a plain, spreading out fan-like, and forming a morass of unknown depth and extent.