11. The negroes are mostly held in slavery, and are descendants of Africans who were cruelly forced from their native country. They are found chiefly in the southern parts of the United States, the West Indies, and Brazil'.

12. The Indians are the original inhabitants; and they still possess the greater part of the continent; but the territory in their possession is very thinly peopled.

13. In Mexico and South America, many of the Indians have been brought under subjection to the whites; and they have adopted, in some measure, the habits of civilized life.

14. Most of those who have maintained their independence, continue to rove in their native wilds, retaining heir savage character and customs.

5. They are tall and straight, of a copper complexion and fierce aspect, and are capable of enduring great fatigue.

16. They live in miserable huts, called wigwams. The principal employments of the men are hunting, fishing, and war. The domestic and field labor is chiefly perform

ed by the women.

17. The Indians have the virtues and vices of the savage state: they are hospitable and generous; faithful in their friendships, but implacable in their resentments. Their fortitude and patience in enduring suffering, and their contempt of death, invest their character with a kind of moral grandeur; but, as a race, they are neither amiable nor happy.

11. What is related of the negroes? 12. The Indians? 13. What of the Indians in Mexico and South America? 14. What is the condition of those who are independent?

15. What is said of them? 16. What are their employments › 17. What is said of their character ?

NORTH AMERICA.

great divisions; 1st, Russian Possessions United States, in the

1. North America comprises three British America, together with the and Greenland in the north; 2d, the middle; and 3d, Mexico and Guätemä'la, or Central America, in the south.

NORTH AMERICA. 1. What are the divisions of North America?

QUESTIONS ON THE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA.

1. What ocean lies east of North America? 2. What one west ? 3. Where is the gulf of Mexico? 4. The Caribbean sea?__5. Hudson's Bay? 6. Baffin's Bay? 7. James's Bay? 8. The Gulf of St. Lawrence? 9. Davis's Straits? 10. Beering's Straits? 11. Where is Alaska? 12. Cape Farewell? 13. Cape Race? 14. Cape St. Lucas?

15. How are the United States bounded? 16. Mexico? 17. Guatemala? 18. How is Greenland situated? 19. The Russian Possessions? 20. New Britain? 21. New North Wales? 22. New South Wales? 23. Labrador? 24. Lower Canada? 25. Upper Canada? 26. Newfoundland? 27. New Brunswick? 28. Nova Scotia ? 29. Cape Breton ? 30. Prince Edward Island? 31. The Bermudas? 32. The Bahama Islands? 33. The Caribbee Islands? 34. The Virgin Islands? 35. How is Cuba situated? 36. St. Domingo? 37. Jamaica? 38. Porto Rico? 39. Trinidad?

40 What island is east of Greenland? 41. Where are the North Georgian islands? 42. Prince Regent's Inlet? 43. Melville Island? 44. Bathurst Inlet? 45. Repulse Bay? 46. New Caledonia? 47. The Knisteneaux? 48. The Esquimaux? 49. Where are the Rocky Mountains?

50. What is the course of the St. Lawrence? 51. Mackenzie's river? 52. The Saskashawan? 53. What rivers flow into Hudson's Bay? 54. What ones into the Gulf of Mexico? 55. Into the Pacific ocean ,

56. What lakes are between the United States and Upper Canada ? 57. Where is lake Winnipeg? 58. Great Bear Lake? 59. Athapescow? 60. Slave Take?

61. What islands on the west coast of North America?

62. Where is Mount St. Elias? 63. Fairweather Mountain?

64. New Archangel?

65. What towns or settlements are on the west coast of Greenland 66. What ones on the northeast coast of Labrador?

67 What forte and houses west of Hudson's Bay.

2. The great range of mountains in North America is toward the western side of the continent, and is connected with the Andes of South America. In Mexico it is called the Cordilleras of Mexico; in the territory of the United States, the Rocky Mountains, and sometimes called the Chippewan Mountains.

3. This range receives its name from its massive and precipitous rocks. The greatest height is not known; but many of the summits are covered with perpetual snow. High Peak and Long's Peak, near the sources of the river Platte, are two of the highest that are known.

4. The Alleghany Mountains, which are wholly within the United States, are greatly inferior, in extent and elevation, to the Rocky Mountains.

5. The most important islands are Newfoundland, Cape Breton (bre-toon'), Prince Edward, Rhode Island, Long Island, and the Bermudas.

6. The five largest bays or gulfs, are Baffin's and Hudson's bays; and the gulfs of St. Lawrence, Mexico, and California.

7. The lakes of North America are the largest collections of fresh water in the world. Some of the principal ones are lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan (mish'e-gan), Erie (e're), Ontario, Win'nipeg, Athapes'cow, Slave Lake,

and Great Bear Lake.

8. The largest of these great lakes is lake Superior, which is 490 miles in length, and is as much affected by storms as the ocean. It is remarkable for the transparency of its waters, and abounds in fish.

9. The Pictured Rocks, on the south side of lake Superior, are a range of precipitous cliffs, rising to the height of 300 feet, and are regarded as a great curiosity.

10. Some of the largest rivers are the Mississippi, Missouri (mis-soo're), St. Lawrence, Macken'zie, Nelson, Oregon or Columbia, and Del Norte.

11. Mackenzie's river rises in the Rocky Mountains, and takes different names in different parts of its course. It is the outlet of Slave lake, and flows into the Frozen ocean.

2. What is the great range of mountains?

3. What further is said of them?

4. What is said of the Alleghany Mountains?

5. What are the most important islands? 6. What bays and gulfs? 7. What lakes?

8. What is said of lake Superior? 9. What of the Pictured Rocks' 10. What are the largest rivers? 11. What is said of Mackenzie's

river?

12. Nelson's River, the head branch of which is the Saskashaw'an, also has its source in the Rocky Mountains. It is the outlet of lake Winnipeg, and flows into Hudson's Bay.

13. The St. Lawrence is the outlet of the five great lakes, Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario. It passes by Montreal and Quebec, runs northeasterly, and flows into the gulf of St. Lawrence. It is navigable for ships of the line to Quebec, and for large vessels to Montreal, 580 miles from the sea.

14. The Mississippi receives the waters of many large rivers, and is of uncommon depth, but of difficult navigation. Boats of 40 tons ascend to St. Anthony's Falls, about 2,400 miles; but ships seldom ascend above Natchez, upwards of 400 miles. The navigation is greatly facilitated by the use of steamboats. The waters are very turbid, and the river overflows its bank every spring, laying the country, for many miles in extent, under water.

15. The Missouri is the western branch of the Mississippi, and is properly considered the main stream, being the larger of the two, and much the longer from the source to the point where they unite. It rises in the Rocky Mountains, and is navigable for boats to the Great Falls, 3,970, miles by the river, from the Gulf of Mexico.

16. The Oregon, or Columbia, rises in the Rocky Mountains, flows southwesterly, and runs into the Pacific ocean. It is navigable for sloops 183 miles.

17. The Del Norte, or Rio Brä-vo, rises in the Rocky Mountains, flows east of south, and runs into the Gulf of Mexico. Its navigation is much obstructed by sand-bars

GREENLAND.

1. Greenland, an extensive country or island belonging to Denmark, is situated chiefly in the northern frigid zone, between Iceland and the continent of America. The eastern coast is called East Greenland; the western, West Greenland.

2. The aspect of the country is exceedingly dreary, being chiefly composed of barren and rocky mountains, whose summits are covered with perpetual snow and ice. In the southern parts there are tracts which have some vegetation, a few stunted trees, and small shrubs.

12. Nelson's? 13. The St. Lawrence? 14. The Mississippi? 15. What is said of the Missouri? 16. The Oregon or Columbia? 17. The Del Norte ?

GREENLAND -1. What is said of Greenland? 2. What is the aspect of it?

3. The country abounds in reindeer, white bears, arctic foxes, and sea fowl, particularly the eider-duck; and it is valuable chiefly on account of its whale fisheries.

4. The natives are Esquimaux (es'ke-mo), and are of low statute, rude and ignorant, and are clothed with the skins of the reindeer and other animals. They live chiefly on fish, and their habits are extremely filthy.

5. The Moravians have long had settlements at Lich'tenau, Lich'tenfels, and other places on the western coast, for the benevolent object of christianizing the natives.

RUSSIAN POSSESSIONS.

1. Russia possesses a large tract of country in the northwest part of North America; but it has few inhabitants except the native Indians.

2. This is a northern, cold, and dreary region, but little known, and contains the high mountains of St. Elias and Fairweather.

3. The Russians have a few factories and forts, established for the purpose of carrying on the fur trade, the principal of which is New Archangel.

BRITISH AMERICA.

1. British America is a vast extent of country, comprehending all the northern part of the continent, except the Russian Possessions in the northwest, and Greenland in the northeast.

2. It comprises the provinces of Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick; the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward Island; and the vast regions of New Britain.

3. The government of the whole country is under the direction of a Governor-general, whose residence is at Quebec; and each province has a Lieutenant-Governor.

4. The established religion is that of the Church of England, though Dissenters are numerous, and the greater part of the inhabitants of Lower Canada are Catholics.

3. In what does it abound?

4. What is said of the natives? 5. The Moravians?

RUSSIAN POSSESSIONS. 1. What does Russia possess? 2. What is said of it? 3. What further is related?

BRITISH AMERICA.

1.

What is said of British America? 2. What does it comprise? 3. How is it governed? 4. What is the religion?