194 Europe : — a popular Physical Sketch. 



only of the great mountains ; apricots, peaches, almonds, figs 

 and grapes, although extending farther northward, appear 

 in a small part only of the northern Europe, and there not 

 unless cultivated with great care and art. 



These differences in the productions must produce a 

 considerable contrast in regard to the food of the inhabit- 

 ants. Rye bread, beer, butter, a greater quantity of animal 

 food, and a less of vegetables and fruit with the north 

 European ; wheat bread, maize, wine, oil, a greater quantity 

 of fruit and vegetables, and less animal food with the south 

 European. 



Hemp and flax are more commonly cultivated in the 

 north. The cotton plant in the south only, and rearing of 

 silkworms also, is nearly exclusively confined to the south. 



The wild mammalia offer no striking contrast between 

 the north and south ; the Arctic countries only possess some 

 peculiar large animals, as the reindeer and the polar bear. 



Serpents and lizards are much more common in the south 

 of Europe, as also the number of insects and molluscs 

 increase towards the south. The southern seas are inha- 

 bited by a greater number of species of fishes, but the 

 number of individuals appears greater in the northern, for 

 which reason the north European supplies the south 

 European with fish. The most important fishes of the 

 north are the different species of * Torskj (Brosmiusco,) 

 and herring ; that of the south is the tunny. 



The domesticated animals, as well mammalia as birds, are 

 the same in the south as in the north, except perhaps the 

 ass and the mule, which, more common in the south, don't 

 extend far beyond the line of demarcation, and the reindeer, 

 which is domesticated in the northern Scandinavia. 



The complexion of the south European, his hair and 

 eyes are darker ; the form of his body less clumsy ; he is 

 more agile ; is thinner clad ; lives more in open air ; and has 

 fewer necessities. He is more exposed to fevers, while 



