332 The National Geographic Magazine 



graphic and of great interest. The an d Warren Upham, published by the 



utter rottenness of the government and tj. S. Geological Survey, relating to 



the degradation of the people under its portions only of the Dominion. The 



oppression are scarcely conceivable. It publication comprises abstracts of the 



is a picture of the retrogression, for profiles of the railways and canals, pro- 



these are the Moors whose ancestors fii es of rivers, and many miscellaneous 



made the civilization of Spain. heights, including levels of the Great 



Lakes, arranged geographically. As 



Altitudes in the Dominion of Canada, to fullness and accuracy, the work leaves 



with a relief map of North America, little to be desired. The arrangement, 



By James White, geographer, De- however, is not a convenient one, and 



partment of the Interior. Ottawa, should have been at least supplemented 



i9 01 - by a full index of names of places. The 



This is the first comprehensive collec- relief map, printed in tints, is a very 



tion of elevations in Canada to be pub- valuable addition to our knowledge of 



lished, those of Messrs J. W. Spencer the northern part of our continent. 



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