New geographies . center, (2) Newfoundland Only one part of tlie British territory to thenorth of us has refused to join the Dominion ofCanada. This is Newfoundland, including theisland by that name and a narrow strip of theLabrador coast. The capital of the colony is St. Johns, andthe principal industry is fishing. Near theisland of Newfoundland, and along the Labra-dor coast, there are extensive shallows, calledhanks, on which cod, halibut, and other fish live. To these fishing banks vessels come f romEurope,and from the fishing ports of eastern UnitedStates and Canada, as well as from Newfo
New geographies . center, (2) Newfoundland Only one part of tlie British territory to thenorth of us has refused to join the Dominion ofCanada. This is Newfoundland, including theisland by that name and a narrow strip of theLabrador coast. The capital of the colony is St. Johns, andthe principal industry is fishing. Near theisland of Newfoundland, and along the Labra-dor coast, there are extensive shallows, calledhanks, on which cod, halibut, and other fish live. To these fishing banks vessels come f romEurope,and from the fishing ports of eastern UnitedStates and Canada, as well as from Newfound-land. (3) Greenland There are a number of islands north ofCanada in the Arctic zone. They are, for themost part, desert lands, and almost uninhabited. Even in summer, floating ice is usually insight. Some of the ice is that which hasformed on the surface of the sea during thewinter. There are also much larger masses,called icebergs (Fig. 219), which sometimes riseas much as two or three hundred feet above the. Fig. 219. — An iceberg floating in the Arctic Ocean. Tliis liugemass of ice rises nearly two hundred feet above the water. surface of the water. These icebergs havebroken ofE from the vast masses of ice, calledglaciers, that move down to the sea from thefrozen lands of the North. Most of the large icebergs come from theimmense island of Greenland, which is almostentirely covered by a thick ice sheet. No landcan be seen anywhere excepting along the coast,all the rest being buried beneath the vastglacier. A few Eskimos live along the coast,and also a few Europeans, called Danes, whohave come from Denmark, a country in Europewhich owns Greenland. 2. Mexico, and Other Countries Southof Us 1. What does Figure 134 tell you about thehighlands and lowlands of Mexico ? (Notice therivers.) 2. Find the capital ofMexico (Fig. 133). 3. In what ^^ ^^^^^zones does the country lie ? 4. Does its coastline suggest few or many good harbors ? Why ?5. What is the distance across the cen
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