The flooding of the banks of the Mississippi river precluded the delta queen's docking on schedule. Hope this helps :)
When readers make an inference based on a story or essay, they reach a conclusion based on hints or clues. These hints or clues are also commonly known as “context clues” and they help provide background information on a topic that may be unfamiliar to a reader.
Answer:
The power in nature that one perceives is due both to nature and to one’s own intelligence.
Explanation:
In the last paragraph but one, the author says, "The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable." And the final paragraph starts with this statement, "Yet it is certain that the power to produce this delight, does not reside in nature, but in man, or <u>in a harmony of both</u>."
