47. How is America separated from Asia? 48. Newfoundland from New Britain? 49. How is Baffin’s bay connected with the Atlantic ocean? 50. Where are Hudson’s straits? 51. How is Nootka sound situated?
52. Is California an isthmus or a peninsula? 53. Where is Cape Farewell? 54. Cape Mendocino? 55. Icy Cape? 56. What cape is at the southern extremity of Nova Scotia? 57. How many degrees further north is Cape Race, than Cape Corrientes?
58. What islands are near the western coast of North America? 59. What is the latitude of Vancouver’s Island? 60. How are the Bahama Islands separated from Florida? 61. Where are the West India Islands? 62. Which of them is largest? 63. To what nations do they principally belong? 64. Where is North Georgian Island?
65. In what part of the United States is the Oregon Territory? 66. The Missouri Territory? 67. In what part of the British Possessions is Labrador? 68. Is the direction towards the top of a map always exactly north, and towards the bottom always exactly south? 69. What directions are exactly north, and south? 70. Which way from Newfoundland is Cape Farewell? 71. Which way from the northern extremity of Labrador is Cape Farewell? 72. Which way from the Fox Islands are Bhering’s straits?
73. On what island is Havanna? 74. Kingston? 75. Where is Quebec? 76. Montreal? 77. How far south does Florida extend? 78. How is it bounded on the east and west? 79. Between what parallels of latitude do the United States principally lie?
80. In what zone does North America principally lie? 81. Does any part lie in the Northern Frigid Zone? 82. From what meridian is longitude computed on the map of North America? 83. Which way is St. John’s, the capital of Newfoundland, from New York? 84. Quebec from Mexico? 85. Halifax from Boston? 86. Which way from the Bermuda islands is Newfoundland?
North America is divided into portions belonging to different nations. It embraces every variety of soil and climate, and its peculiar features are great ranges of mountains, long rivers, and extensive lakes. Previously to its discovery by Columbus, it was in possession of tribes of wandering Indians, most of whom were savages. They were remarkable for strength, courage, and activity, and showed all the peculiarities incident to the savage life, in the greatest degree.
VIEW OF THE GREAT SQUARE, AT MEXICO.
Russian America is chiefly valuable on account of its fur trade. It is an exceedingly cold country, and is still, mostly in possession of native Indians.