CHAP. I.] 



PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



greater than that contained by Western Europe from 

 Hungary to Spain ; but, owing to the manner in which the 

 land is broken up and divided, the variety of its produc- 



THE BRITISH ISLES AND BORNEO ON THE SAME SCALE. 



tions is rather in proportion to the immense surface over 

 which the islands are spread, than to the quantity of land 

 which they contain. 



