CANARY ISLANDS

wale att of ¥ sich | islands, belonging to § situated s be | sixty miles from the north-west cos was | Africa. Tho group has an area of | ht. | miles, and a population of 335,000. ow, | principal productions are wine, silk, ral, | fruits, bite crf bananas and tom: the |The largest islands are Teneriffe ain- |Grand Canary. Santa Cruz and and| Palmas are the principal towns. The people sre ot Sasa ee eee Ima |inhabitants having been extermir im; | after the conquest of the islands. jof; [s. 89]