CHAPTER II.

CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS.

Five climates of Spain 30 Temperature and rainfall of: Galicia and the Asturias 31 Santander and the Basque Provinces 32 Aragon _ib._ Catalonia _ib._ Valencia 34 Alicante _ib._ Murcia 35 Cartagena to Almeria _ib._ Malaga, Motril, Seville, and Cordova _ib._ Granada 36 Cadiz, Gibraltar, &c _ib._ Elevation of Central Plateau _ib._ Temperature and rainfall of Madrid, Salamanca, and Soria 38 Agricultural products of: Galicia and the Asturias 39 Basque Provinces and basin of the Ebro 40 Moorish agriculture and exotic flora of Southern Spain 41 Products of Valencia and Murcia 43 Palms at Elche 44 Aromatic mountain shrubs 45 Products and wines of Andalusia 46 Products of the Central Plateau _ib._ Estremadura and law of the Mesta 47 Locusts 48 Corn-lands of Castile and Sierras de Campos 50 Comparative Flora of Spain 52

_Fauna_: Monkeys of Gibraltar _ib._ Beasts and birds of prey _ib._ Game birds and African visitants _ib._ Noxious and useful insects _ib._ Merino sheep 54 Horses, cattle, and beasts of burden 55 Fisheries 56 Estimated total production of Spain 57