The Pacific coast is especially noted for its salmon fisheries. There are valuable fisheries off the coast of northern Japan. Locate them. Describe the different fishing scenes on the preceding page. Learn all you can about each, and tell us about it. Name all the fish of which you know. The sponge fisheries of the Mediterranean Sea are the most valuable in the world. Those of the Bahama Isles are of considerable value, but the sponges are not of as fine quality as those of the Mediterranean. Sponges of commerce are the skeletons of animals which have no organs like other animals. Bring in pictures of all kinds of fishing. Arrange neatly on cardboard. HUNTING and TRAPPING.-In the colder temperate countries of the world men are engaged in HUNTING and TRAPPING. They hunt and trap the small wild A HUNTERS' CAMP, CANADA. When first pulled from the sea bottom, the flesh, a mass of gluey substance, surrounds the skeleton. They are thrown into vats containing a solution which destroys the flesh. They are then cleansed and dried for the market. Find out all you can about the growth and food of sponges. Also in what ways they are procured from the deep sea. Find out something in regard to their value. The picture, on page 60, represents the sponge fisheries of the Bahamas. Find these islands. Describe the pictures. A FUR-TRADING POST, CANADA. animals which furnish furs for the fur trade-centers. The fur is closer and finer in these cold regions than in any other part of the world. Why? The principal animals for which they hunt are the ermine, mink, beaver, otter, and sable. To which family group do they belong? (Page 38.) Many people hunt and fish for sport. Find out what you can about the manner of hunting and trapping. Describe the pictures. London and New York are great fur markets, Nizhni-Novgorod in Russia is also a great fur market. The greatest fur market in the world is Leipsig in Germany. COMMERCE and TRADE-CENTERS.-COM-different means. All goods are carried by railroads, steamships, canals, or caravans. MERCE is another very important industry. The people of the cold and of the hot countries are en gaged in small trade or barter for the necessaries of Describe the different scenes representing the different modes of transportation. Compare one with another. Compare one boat with another. All facilities for travel and for the transpor A STREET IN THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL CITY IN NORTH AMERICA; THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE WORLD. great commercial cities or trade-centers of trade-centers. It is necessary to provide means for the carrying or transportation of these products. Different countries employ tation of products have increased the commerce of the world. Try to find out something of the cost of the different modes of travel and transportation. Every nation of importance has means for transporting products and merchandise by land and by sea. The steamers which carry merchandise are called "merchantmen." Boats having flat bottoms are used in the more shallow water of lakes and rivers. GOVERNMENT. In all our games we have leaders, and follow, or are governed by, certain rules or laws. In your home you follow certain.rules or habits of living. In our schools we have certain orderly ways of doing things, and follow certain rules of conduct for the good of each pupil and for the good of the school. You do not feel the force of any rules or laws at home or in school until you break them. People congregate in villages and cities where they can best get a living. They |