Bonifacio? Skager Rack? Gibraltar? Dover? Dardanelies? Messina? Cattegat? St. George's Channel? English Channel? Enikale? Otranto? Bristol Channel? North Channel? Channel of Constantinople, or the Bosphorus ?

6. Where are the following seas, and gulfs or bays?

The Black Sea? Caspian? White? North? Baltic ? Adriatic Sea, or Gulf of Venice? Irish? Azov, or Azof? Archipelago? Mediterranean? Sea of Marmora? Donegal Bay? Gulf of Bothnia? Bay of Biscay? Tcheskaya Gulf? Finland? Lyons? Riga? Zuyder-Zee? Genoa? Gulf of Onega? Taranto ?

7. Where are the following towns?

Athens? Cronstadt? Portsmouth? Zurich ?

Londonderry? S. Marino?

Barcelona? Brest?

Rheims? Ferrol?

Leeds? Scutari? Archangel? Leon? Brussels? Montpelier? Glasgow ? Plymouth? Lille, or Lisle? Florence? Waterford? Ghent ? Lemberg? Mantua? Hermanstadt? Milan? Sligo? Cagliari? Syracuse? Bordeaux? Turin ? Madrid? Magdeburg? Orenburg? Presburg? Toulouse? Valladolid ? Dantzic? Hamburg? Belgrade? Breslau? Silistria ? Bremen ? Lisbon ? Tours? Toledo? Vienna ? Leipsic Bucharest? Onega? Prague? Bayonne ? Carlscrona? Umea? Freyburg?

Arta?

8. Where are the following islands? Iceland? Jersey? Samos? Oland? Corsica? Loffoden Isles? Candia? Elba? Great Britain? Anglesea? Funen? Majorca ? Faroe Islands? Dago? Isle of Man ? Sicily? Aland? Ivica? Sardinia? Malta? Cyprus? Lipari? Hebrides, or Western? Scilly? Wight? Rhodes? Scio ? Oesel? Negropont? Zealand? Cerigo? Gothland? Milo? Naxio? Rugen? Corfu? Cephalonia ? Minorca? Shetland Islands? Orkney Isles? Ireland?

9. Where are the following capes?

North? (2) Naze? Land's-End?

Ortegal? Matapan?

10. Where are the following towns?

10. Galway? Kola ? Missolonghi? Corunna ? Berlin ? Salonica? St. Petersburg? Copenhagen? Stockholm? Toulon ? Birmingham? Naples? Naples? Metz? York? Limerick? Gibraltar? Inverness? Bilboa? Messina? Nancy? Parma? Berne? Grenada? Genoa? Manchester? Edinburgh? Burgos? La Rochelle ? Marseilles? Skalholt? Corinth? Ragusa? Gottingen? Gallipoli? Murcia? Munich? Newcastle? Dublin? Alicant? Havre ? Sleswick? Gottenburg? Viborg? Revel? Konigsberg? Hanover? Napoli? Novogorod? Baunn? St. Ubes? Bristol? Odessa? Rotterdam? Christiana? Stettin? Varna? Pesth? Jassy? Larissa? Cadiz? Adrianople? Catania? Bologna ? Drontheim? Hague ? Olmutz ? Lublin? Groningen? Bergen ? Upsal? Trieste? Antwerp?

ASIA.

How is Asia bounded? How many countries in Asia? Name them? Which is the largest ?

Q. For what is Asia distinguished?

A. Here our first parents were created, and here were the famous Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian empires. Here the family of Noah were saved from the deluge; here the Saviour lived and died; here also the apostles first published salvation to man.

TURKEY IN ASIA.

How is Turkey bounded? What is the capital, and how situated? In what direction does the Euphrates flow, and where does it empty? What town on the Euphrates near its mouth? What river empties into the Euphrates? How is Bagdad situated? For what noted? It was once the renowned

city of the Saracen Caliphs. On what river is Mosul? Where is Brusa? Diarbekir? Trebisonde? Angora? In what direction from Angora is Erzerum? How is Smyrna situated? In what part is Mount Ararat? What other mountains in Turkey? What lake in the eastern part? Van. What ruins near Mosul? Nineveh. What ruins on the Euphrates south of Mosul? Babylon. What islands in the Archipelago belonging to Turkey? Rhodes, Samos, Scio and Metlin. What country between the Euphrates and the Mediterranean? S.

SYRIA.

How is Syria bounded? What noted city in the northern part? A. In what part is Damascus ? For what noted? Its great antiquity and extensive commerce. Name the three principal seaports? Tr., Be., Sidon, or Saida. In what part are the ruins of Baalbec? The mountains of Lebanon? Mount Hermon? What ancient country in the south-western part of Syria? P.

PALESTINE.

What river runs through Palestine? Where does it empty? By what other names is Palestine called? The Holy Land, and the Land of Israel. In what part is Jerusalem? Gaza? Acre? Where is Mount Carmel? In what direction from Jerusalem is Bethlehem? Hebron ? Joppa? Where is the Mount of Olives? Mount Pisgah? What ruins near Mount Pisgah? What lake in the northern part? In what direction from Acre is Nazareth? What mount near Nazareth? Tabor. For what is Bethlehem noted? It was the birth-place of our Saviour. For what is Nazareth noted? It was the residence of the Saviour until he entered upon his ministry.

ARABIA.

How is Arabia bounded? What is the capital, and how situ ated? What strait south of Arabia? How is Mocha situated?

For what noted? Its excellent coffee. Where is Muscat ? Aden? For what noted? It is a free port, open to the ships of all nations. In what direction from Mecca is Medina ? What town on the Red Sea south-west of Medina ? Y. Where is Sana ? Deraia ? What mountains in the northern part of Arabia? Ramleah. How long is the Red Sea ? What cape at the south-eastern extremity of Arabia? What strait between Persia and Arabia? Ormus. What isthmus connects Arabia with Egypt? What town on the isthmus at the head of the Red Sea? What noted mountain near Suez ?

PERSIA.

How is Persia bounded? What is the capital, and how situated? In what part is Ispahan? For what noted? It was the ancient capital, and one of the most splendid cities of the east. Are there any large rivers in Persia? What strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Ormus? What town in the north-western part? T. What town on the strait of Ormus? Gombroon. Where is Shiraz? What ruins near Shiraz? What desert in Persia? What springs on the western coast of the Caspian Sea? Naphtha, or pure rock oil, which is burned in lamps, and used as fuel. What mountains in Persia? Elborz.

AFGHANISTAN.

How is Afghanistan bounded? What is the capital, and how situated? C. What river in Afghanistan? What course does it run, and where does it empty? What mountains on the north? How is Peshawur situated? Candahar, or Kandahar ? Herat ? What country south of Afghanistan ?

BELOOCHISTAN.

How is Beloochistan bounded? What is the capital, and how situated? By whom is Beloochistan inhabited? By small, independent, warlike tribes. The chief, or Khan, resides at Kelat. What town in the south-eastern part? Bela. What town on the coast west of Bela? Gwuttur.

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CAUCASUS, OR CAUCASIAN RUSSIA.

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How is Caucasus bounded? What does it comprise? country lying between the Black and the Caspian seas are the principal divisions? Circassia and Georgia mountains between them? What is the capital of Georgia? T. On what river is Teflis? Hur. For what noted? Its hot baths. For what are the Georgians noted? Their beauty. What part of Caucasus belongs to Europe? That which lies north of the Caucasian Mountains.

ASIATIC RUSSIA.

Q. What does Asiatic Russia comprise?

A. Siberia, and the districts south of the Caucasus Mountains.

When were these districts annexed to the Russian Empire? In 1801. What two ranges of mountains separate European from Asiatic Russia? U. C..

SIBERIA.

How is Siberia bounded? What is the capital of Eastern Siberia and how situated? Ir. Of Western Siberia? Omsk, on the Irtysh. How is Tobolsk situated? By whom inhabited? Principally by exiles from Russia and their descendants. Where is Tomsk? Yakoutsk? Ochotsk? Where is Lake Baikal? What town south of it? Kiachta. What is the general course of the rivers of Siberia? What sea in the north-western part? What mountains on the south? What sea in the south-western part? Where is the Gulf of Obi? Gulf of Anadir? How is Siberia separated from America? Where is Lake Tchany? Between what two rivers does it lie? What town east of it, on the Obi? Where is cape Chalagskoi? What two large islands north and west of the sea of Kara? Where is the river Kolima, and where does it empty? The Tungooska ? The Yenisei? The Anabara? The Olensk? The Lena? What peninsula