of the United States? What islands lie between North and South America? Which is the largest? What are the three next in size?

II. Describe the inhabitants, and their number, in Cuba---St. Domingo-Porto Rico-Jamaica-The Caribbean Islands. (See Chart of the World.) What name is given to the most northern group of Islands? Mention some of the small islands called the Caribbean, lying east of Porto Rico. Which is the most southern and largest of these? What two islands on the coast of South America, west of Tobago? What are the principal islands on the western coast?

Questions on the Map of the United States.

I. What ocean bounds the United States on the east? What gulf on the south? What lakes on the north? What bay is there on the coast of Massachusetts, and what are its capes? What islands south of Massachusetts and Rhode Island? What island and sound S. of Connecticut? What is the eastern point of Long Island called? What bay lies S. of Pennsylvania? What are its capes? What bay and capes S. of Maryland? Which is the largest? What states lie upon each? What sounds are there on the coast of N. Carolina? What inlets lead into them? What capes on this coast? What islands on the coast of Georgia and Florida?

What

Mountains.-I. What is the principal range of mountains in the United States? Through what states do they pass? branch passes into Tennessee?

Where do the

II. What is the most eastern ridge called? rivers empty which rise on the eastern side of these mountains? What great river receives most of those on the western side? What ranges of mountains are there in the north-eastern states?

Rivers.-I. Where is the Hudson river? What are the six principal rivers emptying into the Atlantic, east of the Hudson? Which is the largest? What two large rivers are next south of the Hudson? What rivers empty into Albemarle Sound? What into Pamlico Sound? What large river runs into the Gulf of Mexico? What are the principal branches?

II. What is the course of the Connecticut River, through what states does it pass, where does it empty, and what is its comparative size? Describe in the same manner, the other five principal rivers of N. England.

The pupil should be taught to mention all these particulars concerning every river he describes, without minute questigno.

II. Describe the Hudson River and its principal branch. Describe the two large rivers next south of the Hudson, and their branches. What is the general course of the rivers which have been described? What is the general course of the rivers which empty into the Atlantic, south of the Susquehannah? What rivers empty into Chesapeake Bay, and on which side? What considerable branch has the Potomac? Describe the rivers emptying into Albemarle Sound, and their branches. Describe those emptying into Pamlico Sound. What rivers are found between these and Savannah River? Describe their source, size, and branches. Describe the Savannah, and the rivers S. of it emptying into the Atlantic. What river forms the southern boundary of Georgia? What is the principal river of East Florida?

II. What river passes through Florida, into the gulf of Mexico? What branches form it? Mention the eastern and western branches of the Mobile River, which empties at the town of Mobile. What two rivers between the Mobile and the Mississippi? What are the two principal branches of the Mississippi, S. of the Ohio? What two rivers form the Ohio, and where do they rise? Describe the principal branches of the Ohio on the south side, beginning at the mouth. Describe those on the north side. What branches has the Mississippi, N. of the Ohio? What are the three largest western branches of the Mississippi? What one N. of the Missouri? What between the Missouri and Arkansaw? Where are the Osage and Wachitta, or Ouachitta?

Lakes.-II. Where is Lake Michigan, and with what lake does it communicate? What lake between Huron and Erie ? What river empties into it? What rivers empty into Lake Erie, and from what state? What river and falls between Erie and Ontario? What empty into Lake Ontario? What states lie upon these lakes? What lake E. of Ontario, and how is it connected with the St. Lawrence? What small lake is connected with this? What small lake E. of Champlain, and what river passes from it? What lakes in Maine?

Boundaries and Capitals.-I. What six states lie east of the Hudson River? What are their boundaries and seats of government, beginning at the most eastern? What four states lie next to these, east of Maryland and Ohio? Mention the boundaries and capitals of each. What eight states lie on the Mississippi, and its branches, and what are their boundaries and capitals? What six states lie east of these, on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico? What are their boundaries and

capitals? Where is Florida? What three other territories, near the states which have been mentioned?

The following is a sketch of some of the more difficult boundaries, with blanks for the names which the pupil should

fill up from the map. Maine is bounded Ocean?

by the

is bounded N. by Ocean; S. by

arates it from

by -; S. by

Ocean; and W. by

Del

River and

; S. and W. by

aware is bounded N. by. ---- E. by
bay, which separate it from
Maryland is bounded N. by
Ocean; S. and W. by

and

; E. by. River, which separates it from South Carolina is bounded N. and N. E. by the Ocean; and S. W. by

S. E. by separates it from

River, which

;

-II. What

Latitudes and Longitudes in N. America.parts of North America are between 50° and 60° of north latitude? What parts between 40° and 50°? What between 30° and 40°? What is nearly the latitude of Quebec and Montreal? Of Washington? Of New-Orleans? Of Mexico? Of the West-Indies? Find the longitude from London, of Philadelphia, New-Orleans and Mexico. What is the difference of time, between these places and London? Is their time faster or slower? (See the Chart of the World, and page 45.)

DANISH AMERICA.

GREENLAND.

151. The coast of Greenland is usually lined with immense islands of ice. The white bear is often found floating upon them.

152. This cold desolate region belongs to the Danes. It is valuable principally on account of the fisheries on the coast.

153. It is inhabited by about 20,000 Esquimaux* Indians, and 8,000 or 10,000 Norwegians, with some Moravian missionaries.

Pronounced Eskemo.

Ice Islands and the White Bear.

Questions.-I. In what direction is Greenland from the United States? What is the southern cape? What straits separate it from Labrador? What island and settlement on the western coast?

RUSSIAN AMERICA.

154. The island of Spitzbergen, which is sometimes considered as a part of America, belongs to Russia. 155. The Russians also possess a part of the NorthWest Coast of North-America, and hold about 50,000 Indians in subjection.

156. The people of this region resemble those of Siberia, and probably came from Asia.

Questions.-I. Where is Spitzbergen, and to whom does it belong? (See map of the World.) What is the most western cape of North America? What peninsula south of it?

II. What sound and inlet near Alaska? What mountains on the coast, and of what height? Where is Portlock Harbour? What parts of Hudson's Bay and of Greenland are nearly in the same latitude? What parts of Europe are in this latitude?

BRITISH AMERICA.

157. The British possessions in N. America may be divided into three portions; the North West Territory, lying west of Hudson's Bay; New-Britain, east of this bay; and the British Provinces, on the south-east.

158. They extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains, on the north of the United States.

NORTH-WEST BRITISH TERRITORY.

159. The North-West British Territory is a frozen, barren, inhospitable region, lying north of latitude 50°. 160. The animals of this territory furnish great quantities of furs, which are conveyed by the Indians and traders in canoes, so light, that they carry them from one stream to another.

Indians carrying their canoes.

161. It is inhabited by the Esquimaux Indians, on the coast, and the Knisteneaux* and Chipewayans, in the interior, with only a few trading settlements of whites.

Questions.-I. How may the British possessions be divided? How are they bounded? (See the Map) Describe the southern boundary. What bay do they include?

II. What divisions are made around Hudson's Bay? What large lakes are there? What are the chief rivers running north? What rivers empty into Hudson's Bay? What articles of commerce are furnished by the N. W. British Territory? What fort and trading houses on Hudson's Bay? Where is the most northern, and where is the most western

*Pronounced Nisteno.