How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 107
needlesof the pine trees. The long feathery branchesof the cocoanut and date palm bow gracefullyas he passes among them. In some parts of the world there are greatprairies, where one may travel many miles withoutseeing a tree; while in other regions dark forestsstretch for hundreds of miles. Can… … EiG. 31. —In the Forest. The forests furnish us with a large part of thematerial which we use in building our houses.Just think of the long rows of wooden buildingswhich you have seen in the city. In the country,too, there are many houses and barns built oflumber. The work of cutting the trees…
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