New geographies . water, the sky, and the coast arealways changing in appearance. This is trueof the lake shores, too; but the ocean is so muchlarger than the greatest lake, that the sceneryon the seashore is far grander than that onthe lake shore. For these reasons many people go to the searshore in summer, just as others go to the moun-tains or to the lakes. There they spend their known. Coney Island and Asbury Park aretwo such resorts near New York City, andAtlantic City is another near Philadelphia. Canyou tell anything about any one of them ? Where the winters are warm, as in the South,th
New geographies . water, the sky, and the coast arealways changing in appearance. This is trueof the lake shores, too; but the ocean is so muchlarger than the greatest lake, that the sceneryon the seashore is far grander than that onthe lake shore. For these reasons many people go to the searshore in summer, just as others go to the moun-tains or to the lakes. There they spend their known. Coney Island and Asbury Park aretwo such resorts near New York City, andAtlantic City is another near Philadelphia. Canyou tell anything about any one of them ? Where the winters are warm, as in the South,the seacoast is a winter resort. Many personsspend a part of the winter on the warm southerncoasts or on small islands in the sea. Some ofthese, like Bermuda, lie far out in the these winter resorts there is no frost or blossom all winter, and people dress inlight clothing, enjoying themselves out of doors,while at their own homes the ground is coveredwith snow and the weather is bitterly Fig. 60. — Hundreds of people bathing on the sandy beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey. time climbing over the rocks, walking upon theclean sandy beach, bathing in the cool saltwater (Fig. 60), and watching the scenery. Many houses, and even cities, havebeen built at the most attractive placesalong the seashore. There are largehotels for the visitors which are oftencrowded in summer, but few people arefound at these summer resorts duringthe winter. Eesorts of this kind are very common nearlarge cities, and some of them have become well Different parts of the ocean have dif-ferent names. For instance, the A tlanticOcean is the part lying be- ^^^^^ ^f thetween the United States and ocean for navi-the land, called Europe, s^*^°°where the English, Irish, Germans, andother peoples live. We buy manyarticles from these countries, such aslinen and woolen cloth, sugar, silk,oranges, and olives; and they likewisepurchase articles from us, such as cotton,wheat, meat, iron an
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