The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.
Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations.
We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.
Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.
No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings.
The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity.
Again and again, to be sure, on the way to America, and under many other circumstances, man has passed through the most adverse climates and has survived, but he has flourished and waxed strong only in certain zones.
Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly.
In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north.
