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Where is Prince Edward's Ireland, and by what other name is it known? 58. What are its dimensions? 59. Give some particulars in its history. 60. How is it divided? 61. Describe its capital. 62. Name its other chief

263.* By whom was the I. of Newfoundland discovered? 64.* Describe its situation and appearance. 65.* What is its area? 66.* What about its divisions and towns? 67.* Name its capital. 68. What do you remember concerning the bays of Newfoundland? 69. What about the cod-fishery there? 70. Mention some particulars in the history of Newfoundland. 71. Repeat what you know about its capital. 72. What about Placentia. 73.* In what way is the appellation New Britain sometimes used? 74.* In what way is it more properly applied? 75. What countries does it comprehend? 76.* Mention some of the chief Indian tribes that inhabit it. 77.* What can you state about these savages generally? 78. What British Companies possess factories amongst them? 79. Name the chief of these factories. 80. Point out the situation of Labrador. 81. In what way has it been chiefly made known? 82. How have its Northern shores been principally explored? 83. What can you state about the North West Passage, and the expeditions to discover it? 84. Where is the North West Territory, as it is called? 85. Give some account of its inhabitants. 86. What can you mention about its chief islands? 87. Where is Nootka Sound? 88. Describe the Gulf of Georgia. 89. What can you state about the mouth of the R. Columbia?

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90. Where is Greenland? 91. Describe its situation. 92.* What is known respecting its figure? 93.* Name the principal places on its Western coast. 94.* Also those on its Eastern coast, 95.* What can you state about their population? 96.* To whom does Greenland belong? 97. When, and by whom, was it discovered? 98. What was the consequence of this discovery? 99. Whence did it derive its name? 100. Give some account of the colony which was established on the E. coast of Greenland. 101. Repeat what you know about Lost Greenland. 102. When, and by whom, were colonies established on the W. coast of the country? 103. Give some account of them. 104.* Point out the situation of Iceland. 105.* State its area and population. 106. How is it governed? 107.* Give some account of its hot springs. 108. How is Iceland divided? 109. What religion is professed there? 110. Name its chief towns. 111. What can you mention about its towns generally? What about its mountains? 113. Mention what you know about M'. Hecla,

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114.* Where is Russian America? 115. How is it bounded? 116.* State its area and population. 117.* What is known concerning it? 118. How do the Russians divide their American possessions? 119. Give some account of Sitka. 120. What can you state about the Westernmost part of America? 121. Where are the Aleutian Isles? 122. Name the principal * ones amongst them.

123.* How is the republic of the United States bounded? 124.* State its area and population. 125. What proportion of the country is inhabited? 126. In what may it be divided so as to point out the inhabited part? 127. Of what great Power were the United States originally colonies? 128. Give the dates and situations of the first settlements. 129. Give the history of their independence. 130. What can you state about the Constiqution of the country. 131.* Name the two principal ranges of mountains

in the United States. 132. Where are the Rocky M., and what about them! 133. Give the situation of the Alleghany Ms. 134. Of what ridges are they composed? 135. What rivers do they divide?136.* How are the United States supplied with rivers? 137* Mention those which flow into the Atlantic Ocean. 138.* Also those which run into the Gulf of Mexico. 139. Give some account of the R. Mississippi. 140.* Name its chief tributaries.

141. What is the religion of the United States? 142.* Give some account of the manner in which it is professed there. 143. Define the government of the United States. 144. What can you mention about the legislature of each state, and that of the whole country? 145.* Give some account of the Congress. 146. In whose hands is the executive power placed? 147. What about the Supreme Court? 148. By what various races of people are the United States inhabited? 149. Of what nations are the Whites chiefly composed? 150. What can you mention about the Indians of the United States? 151. What about the Negroes? 152. What can you state about the literature of the country? 153. And what about its seminaries? 154. Name its three principal colleges. 155.* In what way have the United States varied in their number? 156.* How many are there reckoned now? 157.* Into what general divisions are they distinguished 158. Name the metropolis of the United States. 159. Also its other great towns. 160. Copy out the table from Section Thirty-six.

161. Where is the city of Washington situated? 162.* What is its character as a metropolis? 163. Mention some particulars concerning it. 164. Where is the district of Columbia? 165. What renders it important? 166. Point out the situation of Philadelphia. 167. By whom was it founded? 168. Give some account of it. 169. How is the city of New York situated? 170. Describe its appearance. 171. Where is Boston ? 172. What can you mention concerning it? 173. What about Baltimore? 174. Repeat what you know about Charleston. 175. Give some account of New Orleans. 176. Name the principal navy-yards of the United

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CHAPTER XXX.

MEXICO.

1. How is Mexico bounded? 2.* State its area and population. 3. By whom, and when was it subdued? 4. What can you mention about the inhabitants and their ruler at that period? 5. What name did the Spaniards give it, and how did they govern it? 6. What was the consequence of their tyranny? 7. What can you mention about the population of Mexico? 8. Who are termed Creoles and Chapetones? 9.* In what way is Mexico traversed by mountains? 10.* What is one of its most remarkable pecu-“ liarities? 11. Name its principal ranges of mountains. 12.* What can you mention about the mines of Mexico? 13. How is it supplied with rivers? 14. Mention those which run into the G. of California. 15.* Also those which run into the G. of Mexico 16.* Enumerate its chief lakes.

17. What is the religion of Mexico? 18.* Describe its constitution and government. 19.* What can you mention about the native Indians? 20.** How did the Spaniards divide Mexico? 21.* How is it now divided? 22.* Name its metropolis. 23.* And its two principal ports. 24. Copy out the table from Section Seven. 25.* Point out the situation of the city of Mexico. 26. When was it originally founded, and by what other name! was it known? 27.* What other particulars can you mention about it? 28. What about the ancient Tenochtitlan 29. Describe the present ap

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30. Give the situation of Vera Cruz. 31. What renders it important? 32. Give some account of it. 33. Where is Acapulco? 34. Mention what you know about it.

CENTRAL AMERICA OR GUATIMALA.

35. By what other name is the Republic of Central America known? 36. How is it bounded? 37.* State its area and population. 38.* To whom did it formerly belong? 39.* How did these people govern it? 40. What can you state about the mountains of Guatimala? 41. What about its rivers? 42. Name its chief rivers. 43. What do you remember about the R. St. Juan and the L. of Nicaragua? 44.* What is the religion of Central America? 45.* Give some account of its constitution and government. 46.* How was the country formerly divided? 47. And how is it divided at the present time? 48.* Name the metropolis of Central America. 49. Copy out the table from Section Fifteen. 50.* Point out the situation of the metropolis of Guatimala. 51.* Mention some particulars concerning it. 52. Describe its appearance. 53. How many cities have been the capitals of Guatimala during the last eighty years? 54. To what is this owing? 55. Mention what you know about the Antigua. 56. By what ports are the exterior communications of Guatimala carried on? What can you state about Omoa? 58. What about Iztapa? 59. Give some account of the Mosquito Shore.

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60.* In what various ways is the name of Balleze written? 61. How is its territory bounded? 62. State its area and population. 63.* To whom does it belong? 64.* When did it fall into the hands of the English? 65.* What trade is carried on with it? 66.* What is the name of the English settlement there? 67.* Whereabouts is it situated? 68.* Have the English more than one settlement in the country? 69. Describe the appearance of the town of Balleze. 70. How is it defended? 71. What singular fact can you mention about the island on which the fort of Balleze is built?

WEST INDIA ISLANDS.

72.* In what direction does the chain of the West India Islands lie? 73.* State their united area and population. 74.* Whence did they obtain this name? 75,* Who gave it to them? 76. How came Columbus to entertain such an erroneous opinion concerning the West Indies? 77. How do the French distinguish the West India Islands? 78. Give the origin of this name. 79.* Mention the largest and Westernmost of the West India Islands? 80.* What can you state about Trinidad and Barbadoes? 81. Give some account of the Great Antilles. 82.* Which are the Little Antilles? 83.* By what other name are they known? 84.* Where is the Caribbean Sea? 85.* Where are the Bahama Islands? 86.* To whom do most of the West India Islands belong? 87.* What can you mention about St. Domingo? 88.* Which of the West India islands belong to Spain? 89. Which to France? 90.* Which to Holland? 91.* Which to Denmark? 92.* Which to Sweden?. 93.* And which to Great Britain? 94. How are the West India Islands frequently divided? 95. Why are they so called? 96. In what various ways may these appellations be used? 97. Whence were they obtained? 98. How did the Spaniards divide the West India Islands? 99. What islands did they include under these names? 100. In what way do some of the European nations distinguish the Caribbee Islands? 101. Copy out the table from Section Twenty-six.

102. Where is Jamaica, and to whom does it belong? 103. How is it divided? 104. State its area and population. 105. Give some account of

its government. 106. Name its capital. 107. And its other chief towns. 108. What is the size of Cuba compared with the other West India Islands? 109. Point out its situation. 110. State its area and population. 111. To whom does it belong? 112. How is it governed? 113. Give some account of The Havannah. 114. What other towns can you name in Cuba? 115. By what other appellation are the Bahama Is. known? 116. Describe their situation. 117. What can you state about them generally? 118. Mention the most important of them? 119. What has rendered the I. of San Salvador interesting? 120. Repeat what you know about the Gulf Stream. 121. By what other names is St. Domingo known? 122. Describe its situation. 123. State its area and population. 124. What do you remember about the colour of its inhabitants? 125. To what nations did it formerly belong? 126. How was it divided between them? 127. When did it become independent? 128. Describe its form of government. 129. And religion. 130. How is the island at present divided? 131. Give some account of its capital. 132. Mention its other chief towns. 133. Where is Porto Rico, and by what other name is it known? 134. Give its situation. 135. To whom does it belong, and how is it governed? 136. What about its chief town? 137. Whence have the Caribbee Islands derived their • name? 138. Mention what you remember concerning the Caribs. 139. Where are the Bermudas Is., and by what other appellation are they distinguished? 140. What is their nature, and to whom do they belong? 141. Enumerate the chief of them. 142. What is the population of the whole group.

CHAPTER XXXI.

COLOMBIA.

1.* What portion of South America does the Republic of Colombia include? 2. How is it bounded? 3.* State its area and population. 4. To whom was it formerly subject? 5. How was it then divided? 6. When, and how, did it become independent? 7. What can you mention about its mountains? 8.* Name some of its highest summits. 9.* What great rivers are there in Colombia? 10.* Give some account of them. 11.* What can you state about the Isthmus of Panama? 12.* Where is the Bay of Panama? 13.* Where are the Gulfs of Darien and Maracaybo? 14. With what lake does the latter communicate? 15.* What is the religion of Colombia? 16.* Describe its constitution and government? 17.* How is Colombia divided? 18.* Name its chief town. 19. Copy out the table from Section Five. 20.* Where is Santa Fé de Bogota situated? 21.* Mention some particulars concerning it. 22. Where is the city of Quito? 23. How is it situated? 24. Repeat what you know about it. 25. Name the principal ports of Colombia on the Caribbean Sea. 26. Also those on the Pacific Ocean.

GUYANA.

27. How is Guyana bounded? 28.* To what nations does it belong? 29. How is it portioned out amongst them? 30. How was the name of Guyana formerly applied? 31. How was it then divided? 32. Amongst what nations was it then distributed? 33. What has become of Spanish Guyana? 34. What of Portuguese Guyana? 35. Copy out the table from Section Nine. 36. How is English Guyana divided? 37. Name these districts. 38. Describe its capital. 39. Give some account of the settle. ments of Essequebo and Berbice. 40. By what other title is Dutch Guyana known? 41. What can you state about Paramaribo? 42. How is French Guyana otherwise distinguished? 43. Mention what you know about the town of Cayenne.

EMPIRE OF BRAZIL.

$44.* What portion of South America does the Empire of Brazil contain? 45. How is it bounded? 46.* State its area and population. 47.* What comparison can you draw between them, and those of some other countries? 48. Whence is the name Brazil derived? 49. How was it at first applied? 50. By what appellations was the interior of the country then known? 51. How were the Portuguese possessions here formerly governed? 52. What led the Royal Family of Portugal to take up their abode in Brazil? 53. How long did they remain there? 54. What great event took place in Brazil shortly after they returned to Portugal? 55.* What can you state about the mountainous nature of Brazil? 56. Name the principal range. 57.*. For what are its mountains famed? 58.* Describe the course of the R. Amazon through Brazil. 59.* Name its chief Brazilian tributaries. 60.* Mention the other great rivers of Brazil. 61.* What can you state about. the upper parts of the rivers Parana and Paraguay ? 62.* What can you state about the religion of Brazil? 63.* What about the government? 64.* And what about the Indians of Brazil? 65. How is Brazil at present divided? 66. Mention what you know about its metropolis? 67. Copy out the table from Section Fifteen. 68. How is the city of Rio Janeiro situated? 69. Describe its appearance.. 70. What can you mention about the religious parade of the city? 71. What proportion of its inhabitants are slaves? 72. Describe its harbour. 73. Give some account of Bahia.

PERU.

74.** How is Peru bounded? 75.* State its area and population. 76. By whom and when was it conquered? 77. In what way was it previously. governed? 78. Where did the Inca reside? 79. What took place after its subjection by Spain? 80. When, and how, did it become independent? 81. What can you mention about the mountainous nature of Peru? 82.* What has rendered its mountains famous? 83.* What can you state generally concerning the rivers of Peru? 84.* Name the chief of them. 85,* Describe Lake Titicaca. 86.* What is the religion of Peru? 87.* Mention what you know about its government, 88.* How is the country divided? 89.* State what you know about its metropolis. 90. Copy out the table from Section Twenty-two. 91. How is Lima situated? 92. Whence is its name derived? 93. When was it founded? 94. Describe its appearance. 95. Give some account of Callao. 96. Where is Cuzco? 97. What reudered it celebrated formerly? 98. By whom, and when, was it founded? 99. Mention some farther particulars concerning it.

UPPER PERU OR BOLIVIA..

100.* By what other name is Upper Peru distinguished? 101. How is it bounded? 102.* State its area and population. 103. Within what empire was it formerly included? 104. To what Viceroyalty did the Spaniards annex it? 105. When, and how, did it become independent? 106.* Does Upper Peru touch upon the Pacific Ocean? 107.* What can you state about the mountainous nature of the country? 108,* What can you mention generally about its rivers? 109.* Name the chief of them. 110. What is the religion of Peru? 111.* Give some account of the government. 112,* What do you recollect about the Indians in these parts? 113. How is Upper Peru divided? 114.* What about its metropolis? 115. Copy out the table from Section Twenty-nine. 116. Where is Chuquisaca situated? 117. Describe its appearance. 118. Whence has it received the name of La Plata? 119. Where is Potosi? 120. For what is it remarkable? 121. Mention what you know about it. 122. Give some description of its silver mines,