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of the United States in late summer, and the climate is much 

 warmer than that of northern Canada, which is in the same 

 latitude. Even as far north as 60 in Norway, cherries, 

 strawberries, and some vegetables ripen, while in northern 

 Labrador nothing but the hardiest plants grow. There is 

 as little trouble from floating ice in the harbor of the most 



FIG. 103. ST. MARTIN'S HEAD, QUACO, BAY OF FUNDY 



1. Give two reasons for thinking this "head" is not a boulder resting 

 against a cliff. 2. This is a low tide scene; high tide at this point may 

 be 30 ft. higher. Using the height of the man as a measure, indicate on the 

 "head" the place which high tide would reach? How do you know that the 

 water at high tide does not cover the rock? 



northern, Norwegian port as in New York harbor, which is 

 over two thousand miles farther south. 



219. Tides. Besides the ceaseless swinging of the sur- 

 face water in waves and the onward motion of the currents, 

 there is a regular rise and fall of the water along all shores. 



