G6 PRODUCTIONS OF 



found as far north as even the Zetland islands, is 

 reduce'd to a very diminutive size,, heing scarcely 

 so large as the smallest of our ponies, and soon 

 becoming old and useless ; Whilst in very hot 

 countries the cow loses some of her most valuable 

 properties, and the wool of the sheep is deprived 

 of its fleecy character, and is converted into hair. 



The productions of the vegetable kingdom, in 

 temperate countries, are much more varied than in 

 other situations. The wisdom of God has so or- 

 dered, that many of the most useful plants, which 

 grow in other climates, should also flourish here. 

 A much greater number of valuable vegetables are 

 therefore cultivated amongst us than any where 

 else. Wheat, the potato, many of our richest 

 fruits, and most of the ornamental shrubs which 

 adorn our gardens and shrubberies, have been 

 introduced from warm countries. And our forests, 

 though wanting in the magnificence and grandeur 

 of those of hot climates, abound with useful trees, 

 such as the oak, the ash, the elm, and the beech. 



The mineral kingdom is peculiarly rich in tem- 

 perate regions, where the climate is also favourable 

 for the labour necessary to make its stores available. 

 Coal, iron, tin, lead, copper, and other minerals 

 essential to arts and manufactures, and to the com- 

 forts of life, are found in great plenty. These 

 form valuable articles of commerce, as they are 

 useful to mankind in every part of the world. 



The inhabitants of temperate countries are of 

 moderate size, and live almost equally on animal 



