3i6 PHYSIOGRAPHY. [CH. xviii. 



southern parts contain much more water than land. There 

 is, in fact, about three times as much land in the northern 

 half of the world as in the southern half. Fig. 96 repre- 

 sents that half of the world which contains the greatest 

 amount of land, and Fig. 97 the other half, which 

 contains the greatest proportion of water. 



