 | Kensey Johns Stewart - Geography - 1864 - 268 pages
...valley of the St. John's, and between the Penobscot and Kennebec Rivers. The climate is subject to extremes of heat and cold ; the winters are long and...lakes being covered with ice from December to April. The productions are grain, potatoes, wool, butter, cheese, bees'-wax, and honey. The staple product... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1878 - 124 pages
...Prodictions. — The soil is fertile in some parts of the state, but it is generally best adapted for grazing. The climate is subject to great extremes of heat and cold; the winters are long and severe. Among the most important productions may be mentioned grain, wool, butter, cheese, potatoes, und hay.... | |
 | William Lawson - Commercial geography - 1879 - 530 pages
...eight miles in circuit, and has rather a gloomy aspect. The surrounding scenery is unattractive, and the climate is subject to great extremes of heat and cold. The population is about 350,000. About thirty miles to the north-west, at the foot of the Sierra de Guadarama,... | |
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Oporto, 1 ; Quebec, 15. Internal improvements in all the provinces will appear in a general table. UPPER CANADA. — This province is separated from Lower Canada by the Ottawa river, which empties into the St. Lawrence near Montreal. Of Canada generally,... 
