. With the world's people : an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men : together with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . y in Europe,but the climatic conditionsare severe. The winters arelong and cold and the sum-mers hot. The usual ther-mometric range is about 105°,being from 90° F. to 15° ormore below zero. There isthus for the human constitu-tion an alternate baptism ofsunshine and snow—favor-able to a great these fundamental con
. With the world's people : an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men : together with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . y in Europe,but the climatic conditionsare severe. The winters arelong and cold and the sum-mers hot. The usual ther-mometric range is about 105°,being from 90° F. to 15° ormore below zero. There isthus for the human constitu-tion an alternate baptism ofsunshine and snow—favor-able to a great these fundamental con-ditions the industrial activi-ties and practical arts of thePolish race have been found-ed. They are, first of all, anagricultural people, producinggreat quantities of wheat, rye,barley, oats, and these are added productsof the orchard—apples, pears, and theStrong prefer- Small fruits in raising of sheep,horses, and poultry is ex-tensively practiced. By these simple and natural methods the vital resources? M.—Vol. 3—12 of the country are gathered, but thehard conditions of civil and social lifehave for centuries kept the people backfrom the enjoyment of natural abun-dance and ease. After agriculture, the principal indus-. ence of Poles forthe agriculturallife. AGRICULTURAL LIFE—POLISH by A. de Rar. try of the native Poles is mining. Thispursuit has been suggested , . , , T Mineral deposits by the rich mineral deposits and mining in-of the country. In the ^•mountains of Kielce, and in that partof the country bordering on Silesia, are 178 GREAT RACES OE MAXKIAW. iron and copper mines, which liave beenprodiictive for nearly foiir hundred the present century the copperproduct has run down to a minimum,but the iron is still abundant. In Ol-kusz and Bolaslav are zinc mines of thegreatest value In the same region aretin mines which are hardly surpassed bythose of any other country. They havebeen worked since the s
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