Those who live where the land is rich and level will raise grain to make flour, or cotton and flax to make clothing.  Some people among the mountains work in the mines.  Some keep cows for their milk and butter, and sheep for their wool; for the hills and many of the mountain sides afford excellent pasture.  People who live near the sea will be apt to catch fish along the coast, or engage in trade upon the water.

Employments in the city differ widely from those in the country.  Here, as we have learned, most people make their living by working in factories, or as merchants in buying and selling goods which come from all parts of the world.

All people do not live in the same way.  Some people have no churches, schools, books, or factories.

What do people who live in this way eat?  What do they wear?  How do they spend their time?

LESSON XLV.

A REVIEW LESSON.

What kind of work is done by the people among whom you live?  Are they farmers?  How does the farmer make his living?  Where does he sell the things which he raises?  Where does he buy his sugar and tea and other things which he needs?

Do you live in a city?  What are the chief occupations of the people?  Do they work in shops or mills or factories?

Name some mills or factories in or near your city.  What articles are made there?  What manufactured articles are in the schoolroom?  At home?  What do you call the men who make these articles?

What kinds of goods are sold in the stores?  What is a grocery store?  A dry-goods store?  A shoe store?  Where did the things in these stores come from?  Which were made in your city?  Which were brought from other places?

What railroads or canals are in the city?  Do boats come to the wharves?  What do the boats or railroads take away?  What do they bring in return?

Write the following:

Farmers raise (write the names of all the things you can think of).

Miners dig _______________ out of the earth.

Quarrymen dig ___________ from the quarries.

A shoemaker makes ___________.

A blacksmith makes __________.

Merchants buy and sell __________.