The newness of the country, the sparseness of population and the cheapness of land conspired with crops, climate and geological conditions to promote exploitive methods.
Remembering how recently the city had been founded, and bearing in mind the sparseness of the surrounding populations, the wonder is how such vast crowds were drawn together.
The arguments urged against its construction are the length of the route, the sparseness of population, and the cheap rates at which freight is now transported.
It is the only religious body relentlessly persecuted by the Russian government, and the persecution is based upon the sparseness of population.
