and so called from açor, a gofhawk. The air is fo pure here, and the climate fo excellent, that even in winter there is no need of fire. Among other plants found here is the strawberry tree in the fulleft perfection.

Farewell!

Questions formed for the Exercife of the Pupil

REPEAT Milton's lines on the Red Sea.
Where is Socrata, and for what is it famous ?

How is Madagascar governed?

Where are the Comoro ifles?

Where are Bourbon and the Mauritius?

Where is St. Helena ?

Near what remarkable circle lie the inlands of St. Matthew and St. Thomas ?

What were the Cape de Verd Islands formerly called? How are the Canary Islands fituated, and for what are they famous ?

What did the ancients call them?

Where are the Madeira iflands, and for what are they famous ?

Where are the Azores, and from what did they derive their name?

What is faid of the climate?

AMERICA.

LETTER XXXV.

London,

LEAVING Africa, we pass over the wide

Atlantic Ocean into AMERICA. This great continent, frequently called the New World, is bounded, north, by unknown parts; weft, by the North and South Pacific Ocean; south, by the Southern Ocean; and eaft, by the North and South Atlantic Ocean. Its length from the farthest point of New South Wales north, to the traits of Magellan fouth, is about eight thousand miles; its greatest breadth, from the Cape of St. Auguftine, on the coaft of Brazil, eaft, to the South Sea, about Quito, is about three thoufand miles.

It contifts of two large peninfulas, divided by a narrow neck of land about fifty miles over, called the Ifthmus of Darien, or Panama} one is called North America, and the other South America.

NORTH AMERICA may be divided first into the United States, which are diftributed into the northern, middle, and fouthern states.

The northern ftates are Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The middle ftates are New York, New Jersey, Pennfylvania, Delaware, and the territory north-west of the Ohio. The Southern states are Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Carolina, Georgia, and the country fouth of Kentucky.

These provinces were formerly known by the name of the British Colonies; but, after a long and deftructive war, they were declared free, fovereign, and independent ftates, in the year 1783. To these have lately been added. the Floridas and Louifiana.-Though each ftate has its separate legislature nd executive government, a federal union has been formed between the whole, under the fupreme dominion of a congrefs, delegated from the several states, and a " President of the United States," who is annually elected. The choice of Prefident was firft vefted folely in the perfon of George Washington-the man who directed the arms of his country in fecuring her independence; and the choice was fully juftified by the difinterestedness of his conduct, the modefty of his demeanour, the prudence,

vigour, and efficacy of his adminiftration. He refigned in 1796, on account of ill health and advanced years, and was fucceeded by John Adams, Efq. who has fince been laid' afide, and Thomas Jefferfon elected in his place, by a majority of fuffrages from the delegates of the different ftates.-Mr. Washington died December 14, 1799. Mr. Maddison is now the prefident of the United States.

Secondly, into the dominions of Spain, containing Old Mexico, or New Spain, and New Mexico.

Thirdly, into the English poffeffions, viz. Labrador, or New Britain, Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.