Commercial geography : a book for high schools, commercial courses, and business colleges . is the capital and largest city. The Pirceus andFafras are the chief ports. Servia and Montenegro are stock-growing former has suffered greatly from misgovernment andthe waste of its resources. Wine-cask stock and cattle aresold to Austria, which has five-sixths of its trade. Belgradeis its metropolis. Tobacco and live-stock are exportedfrom Montenegro to Austria. QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION On a good map of central Europe trace an all-water routefrom the mouth of the Danube
Commercial geography : a book for high schools, commercial courses, and business colleges . is the capital and largest city. The Pirceus andFafras are the chief ports. Servia and Montenegro are stock-growing former has suffered greatly from misgovernment andthe waste of its resources. Wine-cask stock and cattle aresold to Austria, which has five-sixths of its trade. Belgradeis its metropolis. Tobacco and live-stock are exportedfrom Montenegro to Austria. QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION On a good map of central Europe trace an all-water routefrom the mouth of the Danube to the ports of the lower Rhineand the North Sea ; what connection have the cities of Ratisbonand Lemberg with this route ? How do the forests of these states affect the wine industry ofGermany ? Prom the Statesmans Year-Book find the amount and move-ment of the exports and imports of these countries. Prom the Abstract of Statistics find the volume of trade ofthese countries with the United States. FOR COLLATERAL REFERENCEGreat Canals of the World—p. good map of central CHAPTEE XXIX EUROPE-ASIA—THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE The great plain of Eurasia, whicli borders about halfthe circuit of the Arctic Ocean, is undivided by topo-graphic barriers or boundaries. It is physically a unit. Russia.—Eussia comprises more than one-half the areaof Europe; the Eussian Empire embraces about one-halfof Europe and Asia combined, and constitutes more thanone-seventh of the land surface of the earth. East andwest, from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, the distance isabout six thousand miles. It has a similar position withrespect to southern Europe and China as has Canada tothe United States. In latitude the country is unfortunately situated. Northof the latitude of St. Petersburg the climate is too cold togrow bread-stuffs; a large part of the country is, therefore,unproductive. The central belt is forest-covered; thesouthern part, or black earth belt, comprises the greaterpart of th
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