New geographies . ou can see on themap, so that there are few har-bors. Vera. Cruz is the chiefseaport, but its harbor is poor. (2) Central America The region southeast of Mex-ico is divided into several small Fig. 221.—Mexicans spreading out coffee todry. The entire ground is covered withthe coffee herries. 2. Minerals our Western States, these moun-tains yield valuable, metals, especiallysilver. Indeed, Mexico producesmore silver than any othercountry in the world, except theUnited States. There are alsogold, copper, and lead mines. There is not much manufac-turing in Mexico, for two rea-3.


New geographies . ou can see on themap, so that there are few har-bors. Vera. Cruz is the chiefseaport, but its harbor is poor. (2) Central America The region southeast of Mex-ico is divided into several small Fig. 221.—Mexicans spreading out coffee todry. The entire ground is covered withthe coffee herries. 2. Minerals our Western States, these moun-tains yield valuable, metals, especiallysilver. Indeed, Mexico producesmore silver than any othercountry in the world, except theUnited States. There are alsogold, copper, and lead mines. There is not much manufac-turing in Mexico, for two rea-3. Manufac- so^s. One is thattures good coal is not abundant. A second is thatmany of the people are too ig-norant and lazy to manage machinery. This country was once owned by Spain, asyou know (p. 101); but only one person in sixis a Spaniard. The rest of the people are eitherIndians and, Negroes, or else Spaniards withIndian or Negro blood in their veins, called half-breeds. Very few of the Indians are Fig. 222. - Bunches of bananas piled by the side of the railroad,awaiting shipment. countries, called the countries of CentralAmerica (Fig. 133). Their xhe countriesnames are British Hondu- and their formsras, Guatemala, Honduras, o^gov^™--^San Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica,and Panama. What have you already learned about 178 WOULD GEOGBAPST Panama (p. 163) ? British Honduras isa colony of Great Britain. The othersare republics, each having a governmentand capital of its own. Neither the countries nor the citiesare of much importance. Spanish is theThe inhabit- language spoken in all _ ofants and prod- them, and, as in Mexico,?^^^ the people are mainly In- dians, Negroes, and half-breeds. islands, at some distance from the coast,vphich form a group, or archipelago,called the West Indies. The four largest islands are sometimescalled the Greater Antilles. What is thename of each (Fig. 133) ? ^he threeWhat have you already groups oflearned about two of these *^°^(p.


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