mountains and fertile valleys, but near the coast we find plains.
The climate and products are much like those of Mexico. Sugar, coffee, tobacco, and fruit are sent to the United States.
Native homes in a Cuban village.
Obispo street, the principal shopping street in Havana.
12. Cuba.—Cuba, the richest of these islands, contains about as many acres of land as New York state. It is about twice as long as New York from east to west, but is so narrow that no portion of it is more than fifty miles from the sea.
The population is about half as great as that of New York city, and about one-third of the people are negroes.
Cuba contains many sugar plantations, and has long been the chief country of the world in the production of cane sugar. Much fine tobacco is grown, and Cuban cigars are everywhere famous. Mahogany and fruits, also, are exported, and flour and cloth are imported.
Havana, a large city on a fine harbor, is the center of a system of railroads. Matanzas is an important seaport. At Santiago de Cuba the United States captured the Spanish fleet and army.
13. Porto Rico.—Among the Porto Ricans are many people of wealth, but the working class are very poor. There are about two hundred miles of railroad in the island. San Juan is on a land-locked, harbor. Ponce (pohn'tha) is the second city in importance, and Mayaguez (mi-ah-gwāth') is the third. The chief exports of the island are coffee, sugar, and cocoanuts.
A street in Kingston, Jamaica.
14. Jamaica.—The white people of Jamaica are English, but there are many negroes. Kingston is the chief town.
REVIEW OF NORTH AMERICA.
Countries.—In what part of the continent is each? Name the capital.—Dominion of Canada. Newfoundland. United States. Mexico. Central America (each state).
Islands.—Near what part of the coast? To what country does each belong?—Greenland. Iceland. Newfoundland. Cuba. Haiti. Vancouver. Queen Charlotte.
Capes.—On what part of the coast?—Farewell. Race. San Lucas. Sable. Point Barrow.
Mountains.—Where are they, and in what direction do they extend?—Rocky. Sierra Madré.
Bays, Gulfs, and Sea.—Where is each? Is it of commercial importance?—Baffin Bay. Hudson. Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of California. Caribbean Sea.
Straits.—Each connects what waters? Separates what lands?—Davis. Hudson. Bering.
Rivers.—Where does each rise? Into what does it flow?—St. Lawrence. Mackenzie. Yukon. Columbia. Saskatchewan. Nelson. Rio Grande.
Lakes.—Where is each? What outlet has it?—Great Bear. Great Slave. Winnipeg. Superior. Michigan. Huron. Erie. Ontario.
Cities and Towns.— In what country? On or near what water?—Quebec. Montreal. Sitka. New York. San Francisco. Panama. Vera Cruz. Havana.
