50. Where is Cape Comorin? 51. Where is Cape Lopatka? 52. What is its latitude? 53. What cape at the northeastern extremity of Asia?
54. What island lies at the mouth of the Straits of Babelmandel? 55. Where is Ceylon island? 56. What is its longitude? 57. What islands lie in the Bay of Bengal? 58. What is the latitude and longitude of Hainan island?
59. What island is crossed by the tropic of Cancer? 60. What are crossed by the equator? 61. What are the principal of the Philippine Isles? 62. The Japan Isles? 63. The Moluccas or Spice islands? 64. Where is Nova Zembla?[12] 65. Where are the Ladrone and Caroline islands? 66. The Maldives? 67. The Japan islands and Empire?
68. Where is Mecca? 69. Ispahan? 70. Calcutta? 71. Ava? 72. Bencoolen? 73. Manilla? 74. Jerusalem? 75. Madras? 76. Tobolsk? 77. Pekin? 78. Canton? 79. Rangoon? 80. Smyrna?
81. Which way from Canton is Mecca? 82. From Tobolsk to Pekin? 83. From Rangoon to Calcutta? 84. What is the soil of Asia? 85. China is an empire; how is it governed? 86. Does any part of Asia lie in the frigid zone? 87. What is the climate of the frigid zone?
CHINESE.TURKS.
Asia was the first inhabited quarter of the world, and is the largest of the divisions of the Eastern continent. It is distinguished as the country where man was created; where Christ was born, and achieved the plan of man’s redemption; and where the Jews received from Jehovah, the Holy Bible. The northern part of this ancient country is exceedingly cold and almost entirely covered with snow, while the southern is a warm region, and with the exception of Arabia, possesses a fertile soil, watered by numerous rivers. The region between these two extremes, comprehending Independent and Chinese Tartary, is an immense desert, except that part called Thibet, where the soil is moderately fertile, and the climate healthful.
Arabia is almost wholly a desert country, with a hot atmosphere, and is unfit for the residence of man, except along the coasts of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, where the soil is fertile, and yields wheat, corn, barley, tobacco, dates, and oranges. This country is famous for producing the best horses in the world.
That portion of Turkey which is in Asia, is beautifully diversified with fertile plains, mountains, and valleys. The climate is excellent. Grapes, mulberries, wheat, barley, and tobacco, flourish here. The population is composed of descendants of various nations; but the Turks are the most numerous in the cities, and possess the principal wealth of the country.