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Map No. 23.-How is Asia bounded? Which is the largest city and river?

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Bounded?-Capital? Chinese Em. Bounded?-Capital? Afghanistan Bounded?-Capital? Thibet Bounded?-Capital? Beloochistan Bounded ?-Capital? Corea...... Bounded?-Capital? Hindoostan Bounded?-Capital? | Japan Bounded?-Capital? Where is the sea of Kara? Kamtschatka? Ochotsk? Jesso? Japan? Yellow Sea? Eastern S.? China S.? Arabian S.? Red S.? Dead S.? Mediterranean S.? Black S.? Caspian S.? Sea of Aral? Where is the Gulf of Obe? G. of the Lena? G. of Anadir? Tonquin? Siam? Martaban? Manar? Cambay? Cutch? Ormus? Persian Gulf? Bay of Bengal? Gulf of Oman?

Where is Behring's Strait? Strait of Matsmay? Corea? Formosa? Malacca? Babelmandel?

Where is Cape Cevero Vostochnoi? C. Chalagskoi? East Cape? Cape St. Thadeus? C. Cambodia? C. Romania? C. Comorin î * C. Ras-al-Gat? C. Isolette?

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Where is the Obi River? The Yenisei? Lena? Hoang-Ho ? Yang-tse-kiang? Cambodia ? Meinam? Salwen ? Irrawady? Burrampooter or Brahmapootra? Ganges? Godavery? Nerbuddah? Indus? Euphrates? Don? Volga? Ural? Amoo? Sihon? Cashgar?

Where are the Islands of Nova Zembla? Kotelnoi I.? New Siberia? Liaghoff I.? Behring's Is.? Aleutian Is.? Kurile Is.? Tchantar Is.? Seghalien? Jesso? Niphon? Sikoke? Kiusiu? Loochoo Is. ? Formoso? Hainan? Pulo Pinang I.? Andaman Is.? Nicobar Is.? Ceylon? Laccadive Is.? Maldive Is.? Cyprus? Where is Balcash Lake? Zaizan Nor? Altyn L.? Baikal? Poyang L.? Touting L.? Koko Nor? L. Zurrah? Ooroomiah L? Where are the Ural Mountains? Little Altai? Great Altai ? Taurus Mts.? Mt. Sinai? Ramleah? Mt. Ararat? Caucasus? Elborz? Hindoo Koosh? Ghaut? Beloor? Tisoung-ling? Thianchan? Kuen-lun? Peling? Meling?

Where is the Peninsula of Kamtschatka? Corea? Malacca? Hindoostan? Arabia? What two seas form the western part of Turkey into a peninsula? What seas and gulf form Arabia into a peninsula? Where is the isthmus of Suez? Of Kraw?

Where is the Desert of Cobi? Of Akhaf?

Great Sandy Desert?

Great Salt Desert?

In what latitude is Asia? In what longitude? In which Zone is the northern part? The centre? Southern?

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ASIATIC RUSSIA.

1. ASIATIC RUSSIA extends from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. It comprises Siberia, the districts lying between the Volga and Ural rivers, and the region called Caucasian Russia.

SIBERIA.

2. SIBERIA contains nearly a third part of Asia, and is mostly a cold, dreary region, occupied by extensive plains called steppes. Some of its southern districts are, however, rich and fertile.

3. Siberia serves as a place of banishment for convicts and prisoners of state. Some of the latter have been men of superior talents, and have been banished only for their virtues and adherence to liberal principles.

4. The Ural and Altay Mountains contain numerous mines, which furnish gold, silver, platina, and precious stones. Fur-bearing animals abound in Siberia, the skins of which form an important article of trade. Fossil ivory, formed of the tusks and teeth of the extinct mammoth, is found in considerable quantities on the northern shores and islands. The original inhabitants are composed of various barbarous tribes, who live by hunting and fishing.

5. Omsk, the capital of Western Siberia, is strongly garrisoned and has a military school. Tobolsk is inhabited chiefly by exiles and their descendants; it is the chief commercial town in Siberia. Irkoutsk, the capital of Eastern Siberia, is a gay and lively place. Tomsk, Yakoutsk, and Ochotsk, are the next important towns. Ki. achta is the only place at which the trade with China is permitted.

6. The country between the Volga and Ural rivers contains Astrachan and Orenburg: the former is noted for its sturgeon fisheries, Orenburg carries on a great trade by caravans with Khokan, Bokhara, Khiva, and other Tartar cities.

CAUCASIAN RUSSIA.

7 THIS Country lies between the Black and Caspian seas, and on both sides of the Caucasus Mountains. It is a rough and rugged region, but contains many fertile districts, peopled

Asiatic Russia. Q.-1. What is Asiatic Russia? 2. Describe Siberia. 3. What is said of convicts, &c.? 4. The Ural and Altay Mts.? Furs? Fossil ivory? Inhabitants? 5. Describe Omsk, &c. 6. Astrachan, &c. 7 Caucasian Russia. Describe the country. 8. The Circassians

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by various races, who are almost wholly engaged in war and plundering.

8. The Circassians inhabit the northern, and the Georgians the southern side of the mountains; the former maintain almost continual war with the Russians, who have long endeavoured to conquer them, but hitherto ineffectually.

9. The men are celebrated for their activity and valour, and the women for their beauty and elegance of form. Many of the latter were formerly sold by their parents as slaves to traders, who carried them to Turkey, Persia, and other countries, where they were purchased by the wealthy classes; but the Russians have abolished this barbarous traffic.

10. Teflis, on the river Kur, is the capital of Georgia; it has a strong castle, and is the residence of the Russian governor. Derbent and Kisliar are towns of some importance.

Map No. 23.-What bounds Siberia on the north? A.-On.-South A.-Ms.-East? S.-Ka.-What great rivers flow into the Arctic Ocean Oe, Ye., La.-How long is each of these? Which is the most north ern cape of Siberia? C.-Vi.-Eastern? Et.-Southern? La.-Wha strait between Siberia and North America? Bs. - How wide is it What lakes are in Siberia? Bl., Ty.- How long are they? Wha peninsula lies east of the sea of Ochotsk? Ka.-What tribes are in Siberia? Ss., Os., Ts., BS., Ys., Ks., Ti.-What is the population of Tobolsk ? Irkoutsk? Omsk ? On what rivers are these towns?

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What rivers flow into the Caspian sea? Va., Ul., Kr. How long are the two first? What Mts. separate Circassia and Georgia Cs. What countries bound Georgia on the south? Ty., Pa.-What is the population of Orenburg? Astrachan? Derbent? Teflis?

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TURKEY IN ASIA.

1. TURKEY IN ASIA extends over some of the finest regions of that continent. It contained in ancient times a number of populous, flourishing, and important states; but ignorance, superstition, and barbarism, now cover the land; and few traces of its former civilization remain, except ruins.

2. The islands of the Archipelago, once celebrated for their wealth and prosperity, are now reduced to a more complete state of barbarism than even the continent. The principal of those still under the control of the Turks, are Rhodes, Samos, Scio, and Metelin.

3. Smyrna, on a gulf of the same name, is the chief emporium of Asiatic Turkey. Carpets, rags for paper, opium, figs, &c., are the chief exports. About 2000 Europeans, principally French, reside here, and form a society among themselves.

4. Trebisonde, on the Black sea, is the chief emporium in that part of Turkey. Brusa, Erzerum, and Diarbekir, in the interior, Bagdad, on the Tigris, and Bussorah, on the Euphrates, are important cities. On the Euphrates are the ruins of Babylon, the most splendid city of ancient times; whose walls, towers, and gates, were esteemed one of the wonders of the world; and on the Tigris, below Mosul, are the remains of Nineveh, the once renowned capital of the Assyrian empire.

SYRIA.

5. SYRIA has long formed one of the chief divisions of the Turkish empire. It was conquered in the year 1832, by the Pacha of Egypt; but in 1840, several of the great European powers assisted the Turks to reconquer it.

6. No country was anciently more celebrated than Syria. In the south was the country of the Israelites, and the birth-place of the Christian religion. Tyre and Sidon were renowned for their com merce; and Damascus and Antioch for their wealth and population. Baalbec and Palmyra, once splendid cities, are now in ruins.

7. Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the oldest places in the world; and is known to have existed in the days of Abraham. Its the most flourishing city in Syria, and carries on an extensive trade. Aleppo was the finest city in Syria. In 1822, it was nearly all destroyed by an earthquake; but is now slowly reviving. Tripoli and Beyrout, on the Mediterranean, are places possessing some trade.

Turkey, &c. Q.-1. Describe Turkey in Asia. 2. The islands of the Archipelago. 3. Smyrna. 4. Trebisonde, &c. 5. What did

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8. PALESTINE, or the Holy Land, occupies the south-easternmost part of Syria. It is the most celebrated country in the world; and remarkable for being the scene of most of the events recorded in the sacred scriptures.

9. The surface is diversified with mountains and valleys. Of the former, Lebanon has been long noted for its tall cedars; Pisgah, for the view it gave Moses of the Promised Land; Tabor, for the transfiguration of Christ; and the Mount of Olives, for being the scene of the ascension of the Saviour to heaven.

10. Jerusalem, the once famous capital of the Jewish nation, where David and Solomon reigned, and which was so often the resort of Christ and his disciples, is now a gloomy, mean town, owing its chief support to the veneration in which it is held by Christians, Jews, and Mahomedans, which still procures it the visits of many pious pilgrims.

11. Bethlehem, six miles south of Jerusalem, is remarkable for being he birth-place of our Saviour. Nazareth, where he resided until he commenced his ministry, is, next to Jerusalem, the most holy place in Palestine. Gaza, Joppa, and Acre, are the principal towns on the coast.

Map No. 23.-How is Turkey bounded? What river flows into the Persian Gulf? Es.-What flows into the Euphrates? Ts. - How

Syria form? 6. What is said of the country? 7. Damascus ? 8. Describe Palestine. The surface. Mountains, &c. Jerusalem. Beth. ehem. Nazareth, &c.

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