SECTION III. What are the principal roads in this town? How would you draw a picture of a road on the map? By drawing two parallel lines near together" in the direction the road runs. What are parallel lines? What is the use of roads? When a river or a brook crosses the road, what is commonly built over it? If you should travel on the road that leads to the north, what town would you first come to? That which leads to the east? south? west? &c. Are there any other towns that join on this town? This town, then, is shut in, or surrounded by several other towns, that enclose or bound it on every side. Can you tell me now what are the boundaries of this town? Are there any other towns beyond these that have mentioned? you Can you tell me the names of any others? There is one town where the people of this and other towns go to attend court; where there is a court-house and a jail: can you tell me what town that is? In what direction is it from this town? The place where the courts are held is called the shire-town of the county. To what county does this town belong? How many towns are there in this county? What is a county? A county commonly consists of several towns or districts, united together for various purposes. A number of towns form a county. A number of counties form a state. Here is a map or picture of this county; which is the north? &c. In what direction is it longest? how many miles in length? in breadth? How is it bounded on the north? How many inhabitants are there in this county? Is this county level or hilly? What are the names of the principal hills or mountains in this county? Where are they? What are the principal rivers? In what direction do they run? What becomes of the water in these rivers ? What canals, rail-roads, &c., are there in this county? What is a canal? a rail-road? Can you tell me now what is the meaning of shire-town? What is a county? SECTION IV. You have now told me in what town and county you live: can you now tell me what is the name of this state? Here is a map or picture of this state. Which side is north? &c. Which way is it longest? How many miles long is it? How many miles wide? What are the names of some of the principal towns in this state? What is the chief town or capital of this state? How far, and in what direction, is it from this town? Have you ever been to the capital of this state? What did you see there? Which is the largest town or city in this state? How many inhabitants does it contain? How many inhabitants are there in this state? How many counties are there in this state? What are the principal mountains? rivers? lakes? canals? rail-roads? colleges? Who is the governor of this state? What joins this state on the north? east? south? west? What then are the boundaries of this state? What is a state? A state is a part of a nation that has a separate government, the people being allowed to choose their own rulers, but it is subject in some things to the general government of the nation. SECTION V. To what nation or general government does this state belong? ica. Here is a map of the United States of Amer Which is the northern part? the eastern part? the southern? the western? In what part of the United States do we live ? Can you find the place on the map? Look now at the northern part of the map, and tell me what you see. How many great lakes are there north of the United States? Mention their names, beginning at the northwestern part. What is a lake? A lake is a large collection of fresh water, mostly, or entirely surrounded by land. A salt water lake is called a sea. A valley filled with water would be a lake. What great falls are there between lakes Erie and Ontario? [Let the teacher describe these falls.] In what direction does the water of these lakes run? What river joins lake Ontario on the north? What is a river? A river is a large stream of inland water. Small streams are called rivulets or brooks. A river is made up of many little brooks, which run into it; and all the rivers run into the ocean. By what two cities does the river St. Lawrence run? Montreal and Quebec. What countries lie north of these lakes, and the river St. Lawrence? You see on the map, that the river St. Lawrence empties itself into the ocean; the place where it joins the ocean is called the mouth of the river; can you tell me why it is called the mouth? Some rivers have several mouths. The place where a river begins is called its source, or fountain head. All rivers run into the ocean. SECTION VI. You can see only a small part of the ocean on the map of the United States. It is a vast collection of waters, which cover nearly three |