. A complete geography. eping north-ward around the vast plains ofManitoba, this forest tract is fromtwo to three hundred miles wide,and is estimated to include fully amillion square miles. In the eastthe principal trees are spruce, bal-sam fir, pines, and maples, while inthe west are spruces, mammothcedars, sometimes sixty feet in cir- cumference, and the Douglas fir, which in some instances attains a height of three hundred feet (Fig. 210). This forest is so nearly in its primitive state that there are few parts of the con-tinent where the hunting for large game is so good. Lumbering is carr
. A complete geography. eping north-ward around the vast plains ofManitoba, this forest tract is fromtwo to three hundred miles wide,and is estimated to include fully amillion square miles. In the eastthe principal trees are spruce, bal-sam fir, pines, and maples, while inthe west are spruces, mammothcedars, sometimes sixty feet in cir- cumference, and the Douglas fir, which in some instances attains a height of three hundred feet (Fig. 210). This forest is so nearly in its primitive state that there are few parts of the con-tinent where the hunting for large game is so good. Lumbering is carried on in much the same manner as m the United States (pp. 147 and 158). In the east the principal river down which the logs are floated to the sea is the St. John, upon which are situ-ated rREDEBicTOxX, the Capital of New Brunswick, and St. John, the largest city in that these two cities the logs aretransformed into wood pulp andlumber. Immense quantities areshipped every year from the sea-port of St. Fig. of the giant trees of British Columbia. COUNTRIES NORTH OF THE UNITED STATES 199
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