A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . red Avith turf or bark, with an opening at thetop for a chimney and a window. Kola, Veronez, Enare, andOpoden, are some of their villages. QUESTIONS. Where does Lapland lie ?? How is it bounded? What is the papulation? How isIt divided? How many square miles? Which part beloiifrs to Russia? Which toSweden? Which to Norway? What is said of the winters here? Of the day?Of tlie twilight, &c. ? Of the summer? Of the sno
A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . red Avith turf or bark, with an opening at thetop for a chimney and a window. Kola, Veronez, Enare, andOpoden, are some of their villages. QUESTIONS. Where does Lapland lie ?? How is it bounded? What is the papulation? How isIt divided? How many square miles? Which part beloiifrs to Russia? Which toSweden? Which to Norway? What is said of the winters here? Of the day?Of tlie twilight, &c. ? Of the summer? Of the snow and ice? Of vegetation? Ofthe lands around the head of the fiulf of Bothnia? What is the general surface ofLapland? Describe the Laplanders. What benefits do the Laplanders derivefrom the reindeer? Describe the houses of the Laplanders. Mention some oftheir villases. RUSSIAN EMPIRE. The Russian empire embraces a greater extent of territorythan any other on the globe. Within its limits, are compre-hended the eastern half of Europe, and one third of Asia, be-sides a part of North America, containing in all about 8,000,000of square miles, and 60,000,000 of View of the Exchange^ St. IN , 2,000^000 sq. miles.—Pop. ,000—23 per sq. mile RUSSIA IN EUROPE. 205 Russia in Europe, though its extent is but about one third thatof Russia in Asia, is vastly more populous. It is however thin-ly peopled compared with the rest of Europe. Russia, for the most part, exhibits a level surface, with fewlofty mountains, embracing immense plains and morasses, vastforests, and a multitude of large navigable rivers. The riversof the northern declivity flow into the White sea and the Arcticocean; those of the southern declivity into the Black and Cas-pian seas. As there are but few falls in the rivers, they are themore useful for navigation, and serve to open communications ofvast extent into the interior. The climate is extremely vari-ous. In genera
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