and Lake Ontario is 600 miles in circumference. Q. What are the principal rivers?

A. The Missisippi, which rises in WhiteBear-Lake, and empties into the gulf of Mexico. Missouri falls into the Missisippi. The Ohio, a beautiful river, is 900 yards wide at its junction with the Missisippi. The St. Lawrence issues from Lake Ontario, and flowing more than 2000 miles, falls into the Atlantic ocean by a mouth 90 miles broad. Connecticut river rises in the highlands which separate the United States from Lower Canada, and falls into Long Island Sound.The Hudson rises between Lake Ontario and Champlain, and has a course of 250 miles.

Q. What mountains are worthy of notice? A. The Allegany mountains are a long range, running northeasterly and southwesterly near 900 miles. On the western side of the continent, is a range of mountains, called the Stony mountains, which are said to be 3000 feet above the level of the sea.

Q. How is North America divided?

A. Into four general divisions, viz. Aboriginal America, British America, United States and Spanish America.

ABORIGINAL AMERICA.

Q. What countries are included in this division ?

A. Greenland, Labrador, and the North West Coast.

Q. How is Greenland situated?

A. It is situated between 60 and 80 N. lat. and is about 200 miles from Iceland.

Q. How is Labrador situated?

A. Between 48 and 70 N. lat. and is 850 miles long, and 750 broad; this place is sometimes known by the name of New-Britain.

Q. What is the climate of Labrador and Greenland ?

A. Excessively cold; even so piercing in February and March that the rocks split. In lat. 57 the ice on the rivers is 8 feet thick, and brandy coagulates; the cold in these. countries is much more severe than in the same latitude on the European continent.

Q. What do you observe of the North West Coast?

A. It extends on the shores of the Pacific o cean, from the 30th degree of N. lat. to the 65th; the climate on this side of America is mild; south of 45 it is said to be one of the fi nest climates in the world.

BRITISH AMERICA.

Q. What provinces belong to this division? A. Upper and Lower Canada, New-Brunswick and, Nova Scotia.

Q. What Islands belong to British America? A. The Islands of Newfoundland, St. John's, Cape Breton and the Bermudas.

Q. What is the government of British America ?

A. British America is superintended by an of ficer, who is styled Governor General of all the c British Provinces in North America. Each province has a Lieutenant Governor, who in the absence of the Governor General, has the power of Chief Magistrate. B

UPPER AND LOWER CANADA.

Q. What are the situation and extent of Upper and Lower Canada ?

A. They lie between 42 and 52. N. lat. and extend from the 14th degree of east longitude to their western limits, which are yet undefined.The length of Upper Canada is unknown; its breadth is 525 miles. The length of Lower Canada is 1000 miles, and breadth 400.

Q. How are these provinces bounded?

A. North by the countries round Hudson's bay; east by the Gulf of St. Lawrence; south by the United States; and west by unknown regions.

Q. What is the face of the country?

A. Upper Canada, in general, may be called level; Lower Canada is more mountainous and woody. The soil in many parts is fertile. Q. What are the rivers?

A. St. Lawrence, Ottewas, St. John's and the Grand river.

Q. What are the principal towns?

A. Quebec, situated at the confluence of St. Lawrence and Charles river, 320 miles from the sea, is the capital of these, and all the British provinces in America. Montreal, the second city in rank, stands on an Island in the river St. Lawrence, 170 miles above Quebec. Newark, Queenston and York, are the other chief towns. Q. Are there any curiosities?

A. The most remarkable are the falls of Niagara, which are about 8 miles south of Lake Ontario; the river is 742 yards wide, and falls over a rock 150 feet in perpendicular height--the

noise produced by this Cataract, is sometimes heard 40 or 50 miles.

NEW-BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA.

Q. How are these provinces situated? A. They are situated between 43, and 48a N. lat. 6 and 14a E. lon.

Q. How are they bounded?

A. North by Lower Canada; cast by the Gulf of St. Lawrence ;, south by the Atlantic ocean; and west by the District of Maine.

Q. What are the rivers?

A. St. John's and Annapolis; the former is navigable for sloops 60 miles.

Q. What is the climate?

A. It is in general unpleasant.

Q. What are the chief towns?

A. Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, is delightfully situated on the west side of Chebucto bay. The city of St. John's, situated at the mouth of the river of the same name, is the capital of New-Brunswick.

UNITED STATES.

Q. What is the situation and extent of the U. nited States ?

A. They are situated between 28 and 50 N. lat. 9. cast and 41 W. lon.

Q. What is the extent of the United States ? A. This country is 1400 miles long and 1100 broad.

Q. What are the boundaries?

A. British America on the north; New

Brunswick and the Atlantic ocean on the east ; Florida and the Gulf of Mexico on the South; and the ridge of mountains called the Shining mountains, on the west.

Q. What is the face of the country?

A. It is variegated with mountains and plains, hills and vallies.

Q. What is the climate of the United States ? A. It is subject to great extremes of heat and cold; the weather is less variable in the northern, than in the southern states.

Q. What are the natural productions?

A. Among the various trees are the walnut, oak, maple, birch, cedar, ash, pine, hemlock,. and the magnolia; the woods afford a rich variety of flowering shrubs and beautiful trees; wild; fruits and nuts of almost every description, are found in various parts of the United States.

Q. What does the soil produce when cultivated ?

A. Among its various productions are, wheat, rye, barley, buck wheat, oats, Indian corn, rice, cotton, and tobacco. Orchards, affording fruits in all their variety, are in many places brought to. great perfection.

Q. What is the religion of the United States? A. The Constitution of the Union prohibits the enacting any laws for the establishment of religion or of controlling the free exercise of it. All being left to choose their own religion, has occasioned a diversity of sentiment-almost all the various denominations of christians are found in the United States; of these the Congregationalists are the most numerous.

Q. How many States are there ?