. Europe and other continents . ries; andHalle and Magdeburg, farther to the northwest, and in thecentre of the chief beet-growing area, are extensively engagedin the manufacture of sugar. Breslau, only a little smaller than Leipzig, is on a navi-gable river, and has the advantage of being near a very rich coal and ironfield. It is, there-fore, a greatmanufacturingcity, and its sit-uation near thefrontier makesit an importantmarket for east-ern and centralEurope. Seaports.—Hamburg,which is largerthan St. Louis,is the secondcity in Germany, and the most important seaport on thecontinent. The re
. Europe and other continents . ries; andHalle and Magdeburg, farther to the northwest, and in thecentre of the chief beet-growing area, are extensively engagedin the manufacture of sugar. Breslau, only a little smaller than Leipzig, is on a navi-gable river, and has the advantage of being near a very rich coal and ironfield. It is, there-fore, a greatmanufacturingcity, and its sit-uation near thefrontier makesit an importantmarket for east-ern and centralEurope. Seaports.—Hamburg,which is largerthan St. Louis,is the secondcity in Germany, and the most important seaport on thecontinent. The reasons for this are clear when it is knownthat the estuary of the Elbe (Fig. 196) makes an excel-lent harbor, usually free from ice, and that Germany hasan extensive foreign trade. Name some articles whichthat port probably receives from the United water connections has Hamburg with the in-terior ? Bremen and Stettin also admit large vessels, and are thechief rivals of Hamburg; but they together have less than one-. Fig. castle on the Rhine. GERMAN EMPIRE 297 half as much commerce as Hamburg. In what respects arethey less favorably situated for commerce than Hamburg ? Name other Baltic ports besides Stettin. Which is a naturaloutlet for wheatfrom Russian Po-land ? Estimatethe distance savedto the Balticports by the con-struction of theKaiser Wilhelmcanal, which issixty-one milesin length. Cities along theRhine. — The Rhine, the mostimportant riverof Germany, isoften comparedwith the Hudsonin scenery. Both rivershave parts thatare shut in byhigh, rocky cliffs,well wooded tothe top. But theRhine is muchnarrower than theHudson, so that
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