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of New-York with teachers and missionaries among them. Among these, the Oneida and Tuscarora Indians have regular churches and ministers.

h. Missionaries, teachers and mechanics have also been sent among the Cherokees, Choctaws and Osages, who have begun to instruct and civilize these tribes.

i. There are probably 100,000 Indians in the United States, and 300,000 in their territories. Most of them are savages, ignorant of Christianity and sunk in vice.

Questions.-I. Who formerly possessed North America? Are there any Indian tribes remaining? What is their general appearance? What tribes are found on the Missouri, and what can you say of them? Where are the Snake Indians found, and what is their character?

II. What do we know of the tribes south of the Missouri? What is the state of some nations in Mexico? What are the most important tribes within the United States? Find the situation of each on the map. What nation do you find in Florida? What is the state of these Indians? What Indians do you find north of the Ohio? What were the principal tribes on the Atlantic? Where are the Iroquois settled? What has been done to improve other Indians of our country? How many are there probably in the United States and their territories? What is their general character?

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236. The W. Indies are a number of very fertile islands lying between North and South America. 237. One of their principal productions is the sugar cane. It is cultivated by slaves, who form more than half the population. They are treated with cruelty in many of the islands.

238. The climate is mild and delightful in the winter; but it is extremely hot, and in most islands, dangerous to strangers at other times.

239. The West Indies produce almost all the fine fruits and plants of the Torrid Zone in abundance. Coffee and sugar are the most valuable, which are exported in large quantities.

240. The rains in these islands are so violent as to deluge the country in a short time; and they are subject to dreadful hurricanes, which often destroy buildings and crops.

241. These islands may be divided into the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, including the four larger islands, the Caribbee Islands, and the Lesser Antilles.

Questions.-I. Where are the West Indies? In what latitude do they lie? What production is abundant? What is their climate? To what evils are they subject? How may these islands be divided? Which is the largest island? Which is the 2d? the 3d? the 4th? Which is the most populous?

BAHAMA ISLES.

242. Cotton is the most important production of these islands.

Many of them, particularly Turk's Isles, abound in natural salt ponds, in which excellent salt is formed by the heat of the sun.

Questions on the map.-I. What is the population of the Bahamas? What is the chief island? What Gulf between them and Florida? What dangerous bank or shoal near them?

GREATER ANTILLES.

243. Cuba, Porto Rico and the south eastern part of St. Domingo, or Hispaniola, belong to the Spaniards. 244. Cuba is the most fertile and wealthy of these islands. It produces the finest tobacco known.

245. The north-western part of St. Domingo, now called Hayti, was taken from the French by their African slaves, who have since formed an independent republican government, and begun to establish schools and churches.

246. Jamaica is less fertile than these islands, but is well cultivated. It belongs to the English.

Questions on the map.-I. What islands are called the Greater Antilles? Which is the largest? Which is the most eastern? Which belong to the Spaniards? What can you say of Cuba?

II. Are there any mountains in Cuba? In what direction, and how far is it from Florida? What is the chief city? What city on the south side? Which way is St. Domingo from Cuba? What part belongs to the Spaniards? What is the chief town? Who govern the remainder of the island? What places in this part? Where is Porto Rico? Where is Jamaica? What can you say of it? What is the principal place? What is the class and comparative population of each of these islands?

CARIBBEE ISLANDS.

247. Of these islands, St. Bartholomew's belongs to Sweden, St. Thomas and Santa Cruz, to the Danes. Guadaloupe and Martinico, to the French, and the remainder on the map, including Trinidad, to the English.

248. Curazoa, on the coast of S. America, with the neighbouring islands, belongs to the Dutch. These islands are sometimes called the Lesser Antilles.

Questions on the map.-I. In what direction are the Caribbee Islands from Porto Rico? Which is most northern? Which the most southern, and how is it situated? (See map of S. America.)

II. Mention the comparative population of each.

BERMUDA ISLANDS.

249. These islands are usually spoken of among the West India Islands, although at some distance from most of them.

They have a warm, but very fine climate, and are often resorted to for the recovery of health.

Questions on the map.-I. Where are the Bermuda Isles? What is their population?

CCL. (For the Review.)

APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHY;
Or travels on the Maps.

To discover whether you understand what you have learned, and know how to apply it, you must endeavour to travel on the map, and give an account of the objects you meet with. To answer the questions, you must remember what you have learned, or look back to the account of North America, and of Zones, Climates, Civilization, Government and Religion.

Map of North America.-What course will you take from the eastern coast of the United States to Greenland? What countries and islands shall you pass, and to whom do they belong? What new objects shall you probably see on your voyage? (See 151.) What bay lies west of Greenland? What is the most northern passage from this bay towards the west, which has been discovered? How far west has it been examined? In what directions from this place has the sea been seen? How many degrees westward is Icy Cape?

As it is probable the ice will not permit you to go farther, you can return and examine Hudson's bay.

What straits lead into this bay? What country lies S. of these straits? What can you say of the people? (232.) What forts and trading houses do you find on Hudson's Bay? What course will you take to reach the most western trading house on Peace River? How do you like the climate? (159.) What mountains are near you, and how high do they appear to be? Who occupy the coast west of these mountains? What articles of commerce shall you find among the Indians? (160.) How do the traders convey their furs? What course must you take to reach Montreal by water? What language shall you find most common there? (165.)

Map of the United States.--What_towns should you pass in going down to the mouth of the St. Lawrence?

You will find the banks of this river fertile, and lined with houses, forming almost a continued village.

Through what river can you pass into Lake Champlain? What communication is there between this lake and the

Hudson River? What states lie east of the Hudson? How can you pass from the Hudson to Lake Erie?

It is probable that a canal will be made from the Ohio to Lake Erie, and the canal from Lake Erie to the Hudson will soon be completed.

How will you go from New-York to New-Orleans by water, through the United States, when these canals are finished? Through what branches can the James River be connected with the Ohio ?

It is also expected that a canal will be made from the Chesapeake to Delaware Bay, and that the Delaware River will be connected with the Raritan, which empties near New-York.

What will be the course of the inland navigation from Montreal to Wilmington, N. C. if these canals are completed ?

As the canals, which have been mentioned, are not yet completed, it will be necessary to travel by land through the Atlantic states.

Beginat Portland, Maine, and describe the course through the seats of government of the states lying on the Atlantic, till you reach St. Augustine, and mention the states and towns through which you pass, and the rivers and bays you

cross.

What states and what seaports do you pass on the coast, in returning from St. Augustine by sea, as far as New-York? and what islands? What states, ports and islands do you pass in going through Long Island Sound to Boston and Newfoundland?

If you wish to visit the western coast of America, you will be obliged to go round Cape Horn.

Describe the voyage and mention the countries you will pass. (See Map of the World and Map of North America.) What is the first country of N. America you reach? Describe your course along the coast to Alaska. What great river, with an American settlement on it, do you find?

It is usual for ships that visit the North-West Coast to carry the furs they obtain to China, where they are very

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