celebrated Island of Malta. Below the Morea, to the East, is Candia, and still Eastward is Cyprus. Of the Islands in the Baltic, the principal is Zealand, in which is Copenhagen, the Capital of Denmark. And in the Arctic Sea is Nova Zembla.

The following are the Capitals of the principal European States, with their Lat. and Long. The learner is desired not only to look for them in the Map of Europe, but in the maps of the several countries to which they belong:

The following are among the principal cities or remarkable places in Europe, and may be pointed out in their respective maps.

ed 50,000 French, and took John King of France prisoner.

The battle of Agincourt was fought near the castle of that name, not far from Hesdin in French Flanders, Oct. 25th, 1415; in which Henry V. defeated the French with great slaughter. The French left on the field the Constable d'Albert of France, 3 Dukes, the Archbishop of Sens, 1 Marshal, 3 Earls, 92 Barons, 1500 Knights.

Cressy is a small town, not in the maps, near Abbeville, about fifty miles from Calais, celebrated for the battle in which our Edward III. defeated Philip VI. of Valois, August 26th, 1346. The French are said to have left the King of Bohemia, 11 Princes, 80 Bannerets, 1200 Knights, 1500 Gentlemen, 4000 Men at Arms, and 30,000 other soldiers on the field of battle.

Where the Kings of France were
formerly crowned.

Near Paris, the residence of the
Kings of France.

Giving its title to the Duchy of that

name, which was always held by a Prince of the Blood Royal.

The principal Rivers are the Seine, which flows into the English Channel at Havre de Grace; the Loire, which enters the Bay of Biscay beyond Nantes; the Rhone, which rises from the Glacier of Furca, one of the Swiss Alps, and enters the Mediterranean below Nismes

and Montpelier; and the Garonne, which flows into the Bay of Biscay not far from the Isle of Oleron. The principal Mountains are the Southern and Western boundaries of the Alps and Pyrenees.

In the Netherlands, formerly called also Flanders, or the Low Countries, now called Belgium, the following are the principal cities:

The chief Rivers are the Scheld, which passes by Antwerp, and falls into the North Sea near Flushing ; and the Meuse, whose banks are eminently beautiful and picturesque. There are no mountains in the Netherlands.

* About ten miles South of Brussels is the village of Waterloo ; and about two miles farther South is the ever memorable plain where the Emperor Napoleon was utterly defeated by the Duke of Wellington, June 18. 1815.

The principal Rivers are the Rhine with its branches, the Waal and the Yssal, and Meuse, all which flow into the North Sea. There are no Mountains in Holland.

The German States may be divided into Northern and Southern, by the Mayne, which falls into the Rhine at

In Germany, South of the Mayne, we have the follow

The chief Rivers in the North are the Elbe, which rises in the Sudetic mountains of Silesia, and flowing by Dresden, Magdeburg, Hamburg, and Altona, enters the North Sea near Cuxhaven. West of it is the Weser, which flows by Minden and Bremen into the North Sea. Still West is that noble river the Rhine, which rises in Switzerland, receives the Mayne at Mentz, and many other tributary streams, and flows through the countries already described into the North Sea. Its course is about 600 miles. In the Southern States we