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SECTION X.PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE GLOBE.

Note.—Pupils in the highest class in a grammar-school ought to have the following leading facts:

1. GRAND DIVISIONS.

EASTERN CONTINENT.

WESTERN CONTINENT.

Asia, Africa, Europe. Twice the North America, South America.

area of the Western conti

nent.

Half the area of the Eastern continent.

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4. HIGHEST PEAKS.

Mt. Everest, Mont Blanc, Kiliman- | Illampu [or Sorata], Orizaba.

jaro.

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Yang-tse-Kiang, Lena, Nile, Con- | Amazon, Mississippi, La Plata, St. go [or Livingstone], Volga.

Lawrence, Columbia.

8. CHIEF LAKES.

Caspian (salt), Victoria Nyanza, | Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Albert Nyanza, Aral (salt).

Great Bear.

9. OCEAN CURRENTS.

Pacific Equatorial, Indian Equa- | Atlantic Equatorial, Gulf Stream, torial, Japan Current, Austra- Greenland Arctic, Humboldt lian, Mozambique. or Peruvian.

10. CHIEF SEAS.

Mediterranean, China, Arabian. | Caribbean, Behring.

11. BAYS AND GULFS.

Bengal, Guinea, Carpentaria.

| Mexico, Hudson, Baffin.

12. PENINSulas.

Hindostan, Arabia, Malacca, | Florida, Yucatan, Alaska, CaliSpain, Italy, Greece, Scandina

fornia.

via.

13. NOTED CAPES.

Good Hope, Verd, Guardafui, | Cape Horn, St. Roque, St. Lucas,

North, Comorin, Palmas.

Farewell, Mendocino, Barrow,
Race, Hatteras.

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