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ISLANDS AND PENINSULAS
THE OCEAN.
As you sail up the river you may see large portions of land lying right out in the water. There are pieces of land lying out in the ocean too. The water lies around them on all sides. We call such portions of land islands. If you were standing on the shore how could you go to an island which you saw out in the water? How could you get there if you had no boat? Some islands are joined to the shores by bridges.
Many islands are no larger than this room. Others [p64] are so large that it would take days to travel around them. Whether they are large or small they have water entirely around them.
PART OF A ROCKY ISLAND.
Some of us have been to a large island that has been built up into a city. When the New York boys and girls want to leave their city they must either go in a boat, or over a bridge, or through a tunnel far under a river. Why? When you visit Atlantic City your train goes over a bridge into the city. Why?
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Look at some pictures of islands and notice how many kinds there are. Some are all wooded. Others [p65] are covered with fields. Notice one that is rocky and steep, and another that is level and built into a city.