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Title: Youth's manual of geography : combined with history and astronomy : designed for the use of the junior and intermediate classes in public and private schools
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Monteith, James
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes & H.L. Burr
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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is found in S. America ?A. The tree from which India Rubber is obtained.Q. What is India Rubber ? A. The sap of the india-rubber tree, hardened.Q. What great Serpent in S. America ?A. The Boa Constrictor,Q. What do we get from Cayenne ?A. Cayenne Pepper. LESSON CIX. Q. For what is the City of Potosi noted ? A. It is built on a Mountain that- has producedSilver in large quantities, Q. Of what do Buenos Ayres and Uruguay consist ? A. Of extensive Plains, where vast herds of Horsesand Cattle feed. HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF SOUTH AMERICA. lOO Q. How are these animals caught ? A. By means of a leather rope, called a Lasso. Q. What is the chief food of the people there ? A. Beef, without bread or salt. Q. What is the most southern part of S. America called ? A. Cape Horn. Q. What two Oceans meet there ? A. The Atlantic and Pacific. Q. For what is that place noted ? A. For its violent storms. Q. What do sailors call, Sailhig. around a Cap« ? A. Doubling the Cape. Iceberys. MAP OF EUliOPE.
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MAP OF EUROPE. lOV LESSON ex. What Ocean north of Europe ? West ? What large Sea between Europe and Africa ? What four Seas between Europe and Asia ? What small Sea north of the Black Sea ? What two Seas north-west of Europe ? Nh., Bo. What Bay west of Europe ? What large Gulf opens into the Mediterranean Sea ? What Gulfs open into the Baltic Sea ? Which is the largest River in Europe ? Va Which is next in size ? Do. Into what doos the Yolga flow ? Into what does the Danube flow ? Which is the largest Country in Europe ? What two Countries in the north-west form a peninsula ? What two Countries in the south-west form a peninsula ? What Peninsula in the south has the shape of a boot ? LESSON CXL What Country north of Spain ? What Bay north of Spain ? What two Countries east of the North Sea ? What two Countries west of the North Sea j What large Island west of England ? What Country south of the Baltic Sea ? What Country between the Gulf of Venice and the Black Sea ? What small Country

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