The harbors of the Labrador coast and of Cape Breton Island are superior to those of the British Islands, situated in about the same latitude; why do the latter have a commerce far greater than that of the former?
Compare the industries of the eastern, middle, and western regions of Canada with the corresponding regions of the United States.
FOR COLLATERAL REFERENCE
Statesman's Year-Book.
Statistical Year-Book of Canada (official government publication, Ottawa).
CHAPTER XXII
MEXICO—CENTRAL AMERICA—WEST INDIES
Mexico and the Central American states occupy the narrow, southerly part of North America. Structurally they consist of a plateau about a mile high, bordered on each side by a low coast-plain. The table-land, or tierra templada, has about the same climate as southern California; the low coast-plains, or tierra caliente, are tropical.