62 PRODUCTIONS OP COLD COUNTRIES. 



LESSON IV. 



THE PRODUCTIONS OF COLD COUNTRIES. 



THE animal and vegetable kingdoms, in cold 

 countries, have a very different appearance from that . 

 which they have in very hot ones. The care of 

 Almighty God is however seen alike in both ; and 

 their productions are equally fitted to the comforts 

 and wants of the inhabitants. 



The soil of very cold countries cannot yield 

 much. The summer is so short, that fruit and 

 grain do not ripen ; and the few vegetables which 

 nourish there are chiefly lichens, moss, and stunt- 

 ed shrubs. The natives, therefore, do not seek 

 their support from the vegetable kingdom, but live 

 almost entirely on the flesh of fish, water-fowl, and 

 wild animals. These exist in great plenty, and 

 many of them are covered with thick fur, which 

 serves as a warm clothing against the extreme 

 cold. 



The rein-deer is an animal peculiar to cold coun- 

 tries. It supplies the inhabitants with almost 



