New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . rds yield the most important crop)f the country, and much wine is made. Some)f the best olive oil comes from France, wheret is pressed from the fruit of the olive one of the chief employments of southernFrance depends upon the mulberry tree. Silk is a fibre that the silkworm spins. It islomething like the strand of a spider web. The;ilkworm is a kind of caterpillar. It feedsm the leaves of the mulberry tree, and so this,ree is grown with great care. When the^orm is full-grown it spins a cover abouttself, winding theine s
New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . rds yield the most important crop)f the country, and much wine is made. Some)f the best olive oil comes from France, wheret is pressed from the fruit of the olive one of the chief employments of southernFrance depends upon the mulberry tree. Silk is a fibre that the silkworm spins. It islomething like the strand of a spider web. The;ilkworm is a kind of caterpillar. It feedsm the leaves of the mulberry tree, and so this,ree is grown with great care. When the^orm is full-grown it spins a cover abouttself, winding theine strand of silk•ound and roundts body until its wholly coveredn a case called;he cocoon. The cocoons aresoftened in hotjrater, and the silkibres are woundiff upon spools,rhe fil)i-es arespuninto silk thread, which is woveninto cloth. ]\Iore silk goods aremade in France than in any other3ountry in Europe. Where is Paris ? Next to Lon-don it is the largest city in Eu-rope. Its streets are decoratedwith maible arches, columns, andstatues, and planted with rows of.
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