New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . Sugar mill in Cuba. skeletons of jellylike animals which fastenthemselves to rocks and feed on what thewaters bring them. On the lowlands of the West Indies palmtrees grow ; mahogany and a very hard wood,called lignum vita, of which lawn bowls aremade, grow on the higher slopes. Sugar is largely produced in Cul)a. It is madefrom the sugar cane, which looks nuich like a cornstalk,! )ut has a sweeter sap. The cane is taken to mills, where the sapissqueezcd out between hea\y rollers. The sap is then boiled until it becomes brown sug
New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . Sugar mill in Cuba. skeletons of jellylike animals which fastenthemselves to rocks and feed on what thewaters bring them. On the lowlands of the West Indies palmtrees grow ; mahogany and a very hard wood,called lignum vita, of which lawn bowls aremade, grow on the higher slopes. Sugar is largely produced in Cul)a. It is madefrom the sugar cane, which looks nuich like a cornstalk,! )ut has a sweeter sap. The cane is taken to mills, where the sapissqueezcd out between hea\y rollers. The sap is then boiled until it becomes brown sugar. This raw sugar is sen* mostly to the United States, where it is refined into white sugar. Much of the finest tobacco also comes from the West Indies. Coffee, bananas and other tropical fruits grow in these islands. From the Jiahamas pineapples and oranges are shipped to the eastern cities of America. Where is Havana ? This is the capital ofCuba, and is a great sugar and tobacco market. 90 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA, WEHT INDIES. Ill wliat direction does Ja
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