New geographies . , uponthe mountain slopes and upon the hilly,rocky land (Figs. 139 and 141). Lumbering does not employ a greatnumber of men; on that account not 2. Importance m^uy people Hve where it isof lumbering carried on. Yet the indus-try is very important, because there areso many people in these states who needarticles made of wood. Among theseare tables, chairs, and paper. Add tothis list as many more objects as youcan. Lumbering is extensively carried onin Maine (Fig. 142); in the Adirondack 3. Centers for ^^d Catskill mountains inthis industry ]s[ew York; in the Appala-chian Mount
New geographies . , uponthe mountain slopes and upon the hilly,rocky land (Figs. 139 and 141). Lumbering does not employ a greatnumber of men; on that account not 2. Importance m^uy people Hve where it isof lumbering carried on. Yet the indus-try is very important, because there areso many people in these states who needarticles made of wood. Among theseare tables, chairs, and paper. Add tothis list as many more objects as youcan. Lumbering is extensively carried onin Maine (Fig. 142); in the Adirondack 3. Centers for ^^d Catskill mountains inthis industry ]s[ew York; in the Appala-chian Mountains; and in the plateauregion of western Pennsylvania. Findeach of these regions on the map. In and near these forest-covered sec-tions are many lumber mills, and manypaper mills, in which wood is groundinto pulp for making paper. Much of the paper used for books, newspapers,letters, and wrappings is made fromwood. Probably a large part of the pa-per that you use has been manufacturedfrom the trees of the Fig. 142. — Lumbermen at work in winter in tlie woodsof Maine. Fishing is another occupation of muchimportance, though it employs few the eastern coast are Fishingfound cod, halibut, mack- i- Kinds of fisherel, herring, bluefish, clams, and otherfood fish. At the time of the earlysettlements, these food fish were abun-dant close by the rocky New Englandshore; but so many have been caughtalong the coast, that they are now farless common. To-day, in order to catch large quan-tities of cod, halibut, and mackerel, itis necessary to go far from , , IV/r 4. X -2. How caught land. Men go out to sea intwo-masted sailing vessels, or schooners(Fig. 143); and when they leave portthey often expect to be gone for weeks,and to travel many hundreds of carry either salt or ice with which THE nobtheastehn states 111 to keep the fish, and when they return,the vessel may be full of fish eithersalted or on ice. The principal fishing port in theUnited States is Glo
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