The middle parts of Africa are very little known. 410 300 Loango 540 420 St. Salvador Angola 360 250 Loando ; ( Benguela Mataman Ajan Zanguebar Monopotapa Terra de Nat. Caffraria 900 300 Brava 1400 350 Mozambique 600 350 No Towns 708 660 Cape of G. H. 34-29 S. 18-28 E. Q. What are the principal mountains in Africa? A. The Atlas, the Mountains of the Moon, the Mountains of the Lions, and the Peak of Teneriffe. Q What are the principal rivers in Africa? A. The Nile, the Niger, the Senegal, and the Gambia. A. Africa contains the following principal islands : Q. Where is America situated? A. The continent of AMERICA is situated between the 80th degree north, and the 56th degree south latitude; and between the 35th and the 136th degree west longitude from London. Q. What is the length, and what the breadth, of Amer. ica? A. America is about 9000 miles in length, and its great. est breadth is about 3700 miles. Though in one place (viz. at the isthmus of Darien) it is not more than 60 or 70 miles. Perhaps its mean breadth is 1500 miles. Q. How is America bounded? A. The continent of America is bounded on the north, by the Northern Ocean; on the east, by the Atlantick Ocean, which separates it from Europe and Africa; on the south, by the Southern Ocean; and on the west by the Pacifick Ocean, which separates it from Asia. Q. How is the American continent divided? A. Its grand divisions are North and South America. states: Br. Provinces Provinces and States. Upper Canada Lower Canada 1000 New Brunswick St. John's Q. What are the principal mountains in North America? A. The Apalachian, or Allegany Mountains, which are a 35-42 N. New Orleans 29-57 N 89-53 W. Pensacola Mexico 30-16 N. 87-14 W. St. Fee St. Juan 19-26 N. 108-35 W. 36-30 N. 104-00 W. 26-25 N. 114-09 W. chain of high mountains, extending from north to south, almost the whole length of North America. Q. What are the principal lakes in North America? A. Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. Q. What are the principal rivers in North America? A. The St. Lawrence, the St. John's, the Penobscot, the Kennebeck, the Connecticut, the Hudson, the Delaware, the Susquehanna, the Potomack, the Illinois, the Missouri, the Ohio, and the Mississippi. Q. What are the countries and provinces in South America ? A. South America contains the following countries and provinces: Q. What are the principal mountains in South America? A. The Andes, which are a ridge of exceeding high mountains, extending from north to south, almost the whole length of South America? Q. What are the principal rivers in South America? A. The Oronoke, the Amazon, and the Rio de la Plata, or River Plate. Q. What are the principal islands in America? A. America contains the following principal islands: Isands. Lgth. Brth. Chief Towns. 1. Latitude. In Atlantick. In G.St. Lawr. 47-26 N Longitude. 55-00 W. Cipe Breton 110 80 Louisburg 45-53 N. 59—48 W. 20 Charlottetown 15 11 Sherburne 26 6 Edgarton 140 41-20 N. 70-00 W. 41-28 N. 32-45 N63-30 W. 25-00 N. 77-00 W. BOOK II. INSTRUCTIONS AND EXAMPLES FOR READING VERSE. OF POETICK NUMBERS. Chiefly abridged from Sheridan's Art of Reading Verse.] IN order to know the different manner to be used in the reading of Verse from that of Prose, it will be necessary; in the first place, to examine wherein the difference between Prose and Verse consists. Numbers, in the strict sense of the word, whether with regard to articulate or inarticulate, to poetry or musick, consist in certain impressions made on the ear, at stated and regular distances. The lowest species of numbers is a double stroke of the same note or sound, repeated a certain number of times, at equal distances. One continued stroke, like the ticking of a clock, has nothing of numbers in it; but the same note twice struck, a certain number of times, with a pause between each repetition of double the time of that between the strokes, is numerous. This is the simplest and lowest species of numbers; and which may be exemplified on the drum as, tum tum- tum tum- -tum tum. The next progression of numbers, is, when the same note is repeated, but in such a way, that one stroke makes a more forcible impression on the ear, than the other, by being more forci- • bly struck, and therefore, having a greater degree of loudness; as, tit tum- tit tum- -tit tum-or tum tit- -tum tit--tum tit. Or when two weak notes precede a more forcible one: as, tit tit tum--tit tit tum- -tit tit tum ;~ or when two weak notes follow a more forcible one: as, tum tit tit--tum tit tit--tum tit tit. In the first and lowest species of numbers mentioned, as the notes are exactly the same in every respect, there can be no proportion observed, but in the time of the pauses, |