Malo, Morlaix, Brest, L'Orient, Nantes, Rochelle, Rochefort, Bordeaux; and, in the Mediterranean, Marseilles and Toulon.

92. The principal mountains in France are the Alps, which divide it from Italy; and the Pyrenees, which divide it from Spain.

93. The chief rivers are, the Rhone, the Garonne, the Loire, the Seine, and the Somme. The Rhine is a boundary between France and Germany only on the eastern side near Switzerland.

94. The canals in France are very numerous; the canal of Languedoc connects the Garonne with the Mediterranean. Agriculture is in a very flourishing condition, and various manufactures are carried to the highest perfection in France.

95. Near Toulon are the isles of Hieres, which are the same as Homer's isle of Calypso. The isle of Rhé and Belle-isle are in the Bay of Biscay. Corsica gave birth to Bonaparte.

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Obs. In 1789, the French rose in insurrection against the government, and compelled Louis the XVI. to accept the on conditions. Louis, however, attempting to escape, and all the crowned heads in Europe joining him, a bloody war took place. In 1799, Bonaparte, a victorious French general, seized on the supreme power, and in 1804 was crowned Emperor of France and King of Italy. His successes led to combinations against him among the neighbouring powers, and to hostilities, during which he conquered nearly all Europe; but his grand army being frozen and captured in Russia, in 1812, he was compelled, in 1814, to retire to Elba, under a treaty made at Fontainbleau. He re-entered France in 1815, and re-ascended the throne; but afterwards surrendering himself to England, he was sent to St. Helena. The Bourbon family have since been restored by the confederated armies of all Europe.

OF SWITZERLAND.

96. Switzerland, remarkable for its mountains,