New geographies . arge quantities ofwhich are shipped abroad. This hempis used in making a fine quality of rope,called Manila rope. The dense tropical forests, whichcover parts of the islands, contain valu-able kinds of hardwood. There are 162 WOBLD GEOGRAPHY some minerals, but thus far there hasbeen little mining. The largest two islands are Luzon,which is nearly as large as Pennsylvania,Area, popuia- ^^^ Mindanao, tion, and chief which is a little ^ smaller than Luzon. How far apart arethey? The area of all theislands together is aboutthree times that of Pennsyl-vania. Luzon has over half as
New geographies . arge quantities ofwhich are shipped abroad. This hempis used in making a fine quality of rope,called Manila rope. The dense tropical forests, whichcover parts of the islands, contain valu-able kinds of hardwood. There are 162 WOBLD GEOGRAPHY some minerals, but thus far there hasbeen little mining. The largest two islands are Luzon,which is nearly as large as Pennsylvania,Area, popuia- ^^^ Mindanao, tion, and chief which is a little ^ smaller than Luzon. How far apart arethey? The area of all theislands together is aboutthree times that of Pennsyl-vania. Luzon has over half asmany people as Pennsylva-nia, and all the islands to-gether have about eight mil-lion inhabitants. There are,therefore, many towns andsome large cities. The prin-cipal city is Manila, situatedon a fine harbor in has an extensive tradewith the United States andEurope. Every few years one of these burstsforth in eruption, and then vast quanti-ties of melted rock, or lava, pour downthe slopes toward the Fig. 202. — A house in the Phihppiues, built of bamboo and covered withthatch. The house is raised above the ground because of the dampness. 4. The Hawaiian Islands Far out in the Pacific, between theUnited States and the PhilippinesTT (Fig. 106), lies a group of How they came ,, . , , ° ^ into our posses- small islands called the Ha-waiian Islands. They usedto form a little kingdom, but in 1893the people rebelled and formed a repub-lic. Later they asked to be made a partof the United States, and in 1898 thiswas done. These islands are very sraall, and arescattered over a distance of a thousandWhy they are ^^^s. They are built ofof special value lava that has risen from^° ^ within the earth, and on Ha- waii (Fig. 301), the largest island, thereare two volcanoes that are still active. Such islands, so far away, mightseem to be of little value. Yet we havemany vessels that make the long voyagefrom our Western seaports to China,Japan, Australia, and the Philipp
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