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GENERAL VIEWS OF THE WORLD.

I. EXTENT AND POPULATION. The following table shows the extent, population, and density of population of the grand divisions of the earth, according to Hassel.

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Questions. 1. Which is the largest division of the globe? 2. Which next? 3. Which is the smallest ? 4. Which contains the greatest population? 5. Which is most thickly settled? 6. Which is most thinly settled? 7. What is the population of the world according to Hassel? 8. What is the population of Europe? 9. How many million square miles in Europe? 10. How many in Asia? 11. How many in America?

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II. MOUNTAINS. The fellowing table shows, at one view, the hight of the most celebrated mountains and other objects in the world, above the level of the sea.

Mountains.

1. Dhawalagiri, the highest peak of the Himmaleh mountains,

2. Highest flight of a balloon,

3. Chimborazo, the highest peak of the Andes, 4. Highest flight of the Condor,

5. Highest spot where man ever trod, 6. Cotopaxi, a volcano,

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7. Kaah, highest peak in the Pacific ocean,
8. Mount St. Elias, highest peak in North America,
9. Popocatepetl, highest mountain in Mexico,
10. Lowest limit of perpetual snow under the?

11. Mount Fairweather, in North America,
12. Mont Blanc, highest mountain in Europe,
13. Mount Ophir,

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14. Highest spot inhabited by man,

15. Mount Rosa, a summit of the Alps,
16. Highest summit of the Atlas mountains,

17. Highest limit of pines under the equator,
18. Peak of Teneriffe,

19. Mount Etna, a volcano,

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26. Mount Ararat,

27. Peak of Lomnitz, highest of the Carpathian

28. Mont Velino, highest of the Appennines,
29. Mount Pico, highest in the Azores,
30. Mount Washington, highest in the United States,

Switzerland,

9,964

New Granada,

9,510

Armenia,

9,500

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31. Olympus,

32. Mount Hecla, a volcano,

33. Ben Nevis, highest in Great Britain,

34. Table mountain,

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35. Mansfield mountain, highest of the Green

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Wales,

3,517

Egypt,

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Questions. 1. Which is the highest mountain in the world? 2. Which is the highest in America? 3. What is the height of Chimborazo? 4. Which is the highest mountain in Europe? 5. What is the height of Mont Blanc ? 6. Which is the highest mountain in the United States? 7. What is the height of Mount' Washington? 8. Which is the highest mountain in Great Britain? 9. What is the height of Ben Nevis? 10. What is the height of Mount Etna? 11. Of Vesuvius? 12. Did a balloon ever ascend as high as Chimborazo? 13. Did a Condor ever fly as high? 14. How high is the highest spot of earth ever trod by man? 15. How high on the sides of mountains will pines grow under the equator? 16. How high above the level of the sea is the city of Quito? 17. How high are the pyramids ?

III. COMMERCE. The following table exhibits at one view the principal exports of the various countries of the world, arranged in geographical order.

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Silver and gold to an immense amount.
Logwood.

Sugar, rum, molasses; coffee, cotton and
indigo.

Cacao, the chief ingredient in chocolate;
indigo, coffee and tobacco.
Sugar, rum, cotton and coffee.

Cotton, sugar, coffee, tobacco and dye-
woods,from the northern provinces;
gold and diamonds, from the middle;
wheat, hides and tallow, from the
southern.

Silver and gold, hides, beef and tallow. Silver, gold and copper, from the northern provinces; wheat and hemp from the southern.

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Ostrich feathers, wax, hides, dates, wool.
Rice, linseed, grain and fruits.

Carpets, muslins, swords, corn, wine and
fruits.

Silks, wine, corn, oil and fruits.

Silks, woollens, linens, wines and brandy.
Silk, wool, wine, olive oil, fruits and salt.
Wine, salt, wool and fruits.

Fine linen, laces, woollens, and other
manufactures.

Linens, various manufactures, and corn.
Corn, fish, horses and live hogs.

Hemp, sail cloth, tallow, iron, corn and
furs.

Iron, lumber, copper, train oil and her

rings.

Lumber, fish, hides and copper.

Woollens, cottons, iron ware, tin and elegant earthen ware.

Linen, beef, tallow, butter and hides.

Remarks. Manufactured goods come from thickly settled countries, as China, India, Japan, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. Thinly settled countries commonly export raw materials, the produce either of agriculture, mines, or the forest. The best furs come from cold climates. They are exported from the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. Sugar, cotton, coffee, spices, wine, &c. require a hot climate.

Questions. 1. What countries export silver? 2. What countries export gold? 3. What countries export furs? 4. What countries, sugar, rum and molases? 5. What countries export cotton? 6. Woollen goods? 7. Cotton goods? 8. Laces? 9. Silk goods? 10. Sail cloth? 11. Where do the most beautiful carpets come from? 12. What countries export tin? 13. Iron ? 14. Diamonds? 15. Tea? 16. Porcelain? 17. What articles are exported from Great Britain? 18. What, from Mexico? 19. What, from China? 20. from Kamtschatka? 21. from the West Indies? 22. from the Cape of Good Hope? 23. from Madeira? 24. from the Northwest coast of America? 25. from the southern provinces of Brazil ?

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