A Practical System of Modern Geography, Or, a View of the Present State of the World: Simplified and Adapted to the Capacity of Youth ... Accompanied by a New and Improved AtlasRobinson, Pratt & Company, 1838 - 288 σελίδες |
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Africa Albemarle Sound ancient animals Asia Atlantic beautiful bounded branch Britain called Canal Cape south capital Carolina celebrated Chief Towns climate coast commerce Connecticut contains cotton Delaware Desert direction distinguished divisions are intersected earth east eastern empire English equator Europe extends farthest extensive Farther India feet fertile Fezzan flourishing town four towns fruits globe Gulf of Mexico harbor healthy Hindoostan Holland Indians inhabitants interior isles kingdom lake land large Island largest latitude length longitude Lower Canada manufactures meridian mild Mississippi Missouri mountains mouth North Carolina northern Nubia ocean Ohio Peninsula Philadelphia plains pleasantly situated pole population principal river productions river empties river rises Russia sail Senegambia Siberia soil South America southern Spain square miles Strait Tartary Territory three towns tribes Tropic Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Turkey United Vermont Virginia western wheat York
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Σελίδα 61 - The judicial power is vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time establish.
Σελίδα 61 - District Courts, and seven Circuit Courts, which are thus organized : the Supreme Court is composed of one Chief Justice, and six Associate Justices, who hold a court in the city of Washington, annually ; besides which, each of these justices attends in a certain circuit, comprising two or more districts, appropriated to each, and, together with the judge of the district, composes a Circuit Court, which is held in each district of the circuit.
Σελίδα 253 - It can enumerate five times as many species of quadrupeds as Asia, and three times as many as all America. It excels Asia in the size of its colossal riverhorse (hippopotamus), gigantic giraffe and large antelopes and apes.
Σελίδα 168 - ... plants and dye-stuffs, and resinous trees. Particularly remarkable are the aracatscha (qv), from the root of which a farinaceous substance of an agreeable flavor is obtained, and the wax palm, which grows to the height of 160 — 180 feet.
Σελίδα 173 - Guiana, and grows to an enormous size, measuring about 32 £ inches between the tips of the two wings. It sucks the blood of men and cattle when they are fast asleep. After it is full, it disgorges the blood, and begins to suck afresh, until it reduces the sufferer to a state of great weakness. The rivers of Guiana abound with fish, many of which are highly prized by the inhabitants ; and, owing to the heat and moisture of the climate, insects and reptiles of all sorts are produced in such abundance,...
Σελίδα 176 - Arriving at a steep place, he laid hold of a small shrub to prevent himself from fulling ; but the shrub, being unable to support his weight, was torn up by the roots, and disclosed to the hunter a rich mass of silver, lumps of which adhered to the earth that came awny with the plant.
Σελίδα 120 - The climate is soft and delicious, rarely suffering from cold, and constantly refreshed by breezes from the Atlantic and the gulf of Mexico. Florida is noted for the majestic appearance of its towering forest trees, and the brilliant colors of its flowering shrubs. The pines, palms, cypress, cedars and chestnuts grow to an extraordinary size and height. The laurels, especially the magnolias, are uncommonly striking objects, rising with erect trunks to the height of 100 feet, forming towards the head...
Σελίδα 130 - ... years — since the desertion of these fabrics, and the extinction of the people by whom they were constructed. They are found in the vicinity of each other, spread over the great plains, from the southern shore of lake Erie to the gulf of Mexico, generally in the neighborhood of the great rivers. Their structure is regular, and they have been supposed to warrant the opinion of the existence, in ancient times, of great cities along the Mississippi. The mummies...
Σελίδα 154 - This city stands on the sc side of the island of the same name in the river St. Lawrence, 180 miles by the course of the river from Quebec, in N. Lat. 45° 30', and in W. Long. 73° 25'. Its population, inclnding the suburbs, is about 60,000. Though Quebec has the advantage in position, it is in other respects surpassed by Montreal. The latter city is less crowded than the former ; and even of its...
Σελίδα 22 - Zone which lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic circle is called the NORTH TEMPERATE ZONE ; and the one lying between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic circle, the SOUTH TEMPERATE ZONE.