miles below Alexandria, was the seat of the late president Washington.

Education.-The colleges are Virginia University at Charlotteville, William and Mary College at Williamsburg, Hampden Sidney College in Prince Edward county, Washington College in Lexington, and Randolph and Macon college at Boyd

ton.

Virginia has given four Presidents to the Union, and has produced many other eminent men.

Virginia is one of the original states, and was the first English settlement in North America. Length 370 miles, breadth 220 square miles, 66,324. Population, 1,065,366.

How is Virginia bounded?

QUESTIONS.

Which are the principal mountains in Virginia?
Describe the face of the country.

What minerals are found in Virginia?

What is said of the climate?

What is said of the soil?

What are the staple productions?

Name the principal rivers.

Describe the James river canal. Dismal Swamp canal. Roanoke What other rivers have been rendered

navigation.

navigable?

Junction canal.

What are the principal bays?

What two noted capes are there in Virginia?

Which are the chief towns?

Which town is the metropolis and capital?

Where is Mount Vernon, and what is said respecting it?

Name the colleges in Virginia, and tell where they are situated.
Was Virginia one of the original states?

What is the length, breadth, square miles, and population?

QUESTIONS ON THE MAP, (VIRGINIA.)

On what river is Richmond situated, and to what class does that city belong?

What river rises in Virginia and unites with the Alleghany river at Pittsburg in Pennsylvania?

Through what part of Virginia do the Alleghany mountains run?

Which town in Virginia is the most northerly, and on what river is it situated?

Where is Norfolk? Petersburg? Lynchburg? Fredericksburg? Portsmouth? Williamsburg? York? Lewistown? Peytonsburg? Charlotteville? Winchester? Staunton? Clarksburg? Beverly? Franklin? Abingdon? Union? Charleston? Point Pleasant? Dumfries? Salem? Tappahannock? Newmarket? Drummondstown?

Which is the more northerly, cape Charles or Henry? Does any part of Virginia lie north of the 40th degree of north latitude?

Where does James river rise, what course does it flow, where does it empty, and to what class does it belong? Potomac? Rappahannock? Chowan? Roanoke? Staunton? Shenandoah? Monongahela? Ohio? Great Kanawha? Little Kanawha? Guyandott? Sandy river?

NORTH CAROLINA.

Boundaries.-Bounded north by Virginia, east by the Atlantic, south by South Carolina, and west by Tennessee.

Mountains.-The Alleghany mountains run through the western part of this state.

Face of the country. The face of the country,

in the eastern part, is low and level; in the middle hilly; and the western part mountainous.

Minerals.-The minerals are gold, iron, coal, and lead.

Climate. The climate in the eastern part is hot and unhealthy, but the western is healthy and pleasant.

Soil. The soil in the eastern part is sandy and barren, but the middle and western parts are more productive.

Productions. The staple productions are cotton, tobacco, Indian corn, tar, pitch, and staves. Rivers. The principal rivers are Roanoke, Neuse, Pamtico, Cape Fear, Yadkin, Catawba, and Chowan.

Canal. The Dismal Swamp canal and Roanoke navigation are partly in this state, but principally in Virginia.

Sounds. The principal sounds in North Carolina are Albemarle and Pamtico.

Inlets. The principal inlets are Occacoke, and Currituc.

Capes.-The capes are Fear, Hatteras, and Lookout.

Towns-The chief towns are Newbern, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Wilmington, Edenton, Washington, Plymouth, Hillsboro', Salisbury, Salem, Charlotte, Milton, Elizabeth city, Lincolton, Tarboro', Concord, Rutherfordton, Stokesville, Morganton, Wadesboro', and Elizabethtown.

Newbern is the metropolis, and Raleigh the capital.

Education. North Carolina University is at Chapel Hill, near Raleigh.

North Carolina is one of the original States.

Length 350 miles, breadth 120: square miles, 49,500. Population, 638,897.

QUESTIONS.

How is North Carolina bounded?

What mountains run through the western part of North Carolina?
Describe the face of the country.

What minerals are found in North Carolina?

What is said of the climate?

What is said of the soil?

Which are the staple productions?

Name the principal rivers.

What is said respecting the Dismal Swamp canal and Roanoke navigation?

Which are the principal sounds?

Which are the principal inlets?

Name the capes in North Carolina.

Which are the chief towns?

Which town is the metropolis, and which the capital?

What university is there in North Carolina, and where is it situated?
Is North Carolina one of the original States?

What is the length, breadth, square miles, and population?

QUESTIONS ON THE MAP, (N. C.)

What inlet is between Cape Hatteras and Lookout
Is Cape Fear or Lookout the more southerly?

What towns are situated on Cape Fear river?

What towns are situated near the north side of Albemarle sound?

Name the towns situated on Pamtico or Tar river.

Near what cape is Beaufort?

Name the towns situated on the Neuse river.

What three capes are situated along the coast of North Carolina?

Where is Raleigh? Plymouth? Onslow? Brunswick? Sumterville? Nash? Oxford? Salem? Carthage? Waynesboro? Charlotte? Concord? Lincolton? Huntsville? Rutherford? Wadesboro'? Warrenton? Halifax? Lexington? Lumberton? Salisbury? Rockford?

Where does the Cape Fear river rise, what course does it flow, where does it empty, and to what class does it belong? Neuse? Pamtico? Roanoke? Chowan? Yadkin? (which in South Carolina assumes the name of Great Pedee,) Catawba? (which in south Carolina assumes the name of Wateree.)

Boundaries. Bounded north and east by North Carolina and the Atlantic, and south and west by Georgia.

Mountains. The Alleghany mountains cross the north-western part of this state. The highest summit is called Table mountain.

Face of the country. The face of the country, along the sea-shore, is level and marshy; in the north-western part there are some ridges of the Alleghany mountains.