Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . nt, but is nowthought to be an island. 4. The countries in North America, are the island of Iceland,Greenland, the Polar Regions, inhabited by the Esquimaux and othertribes of Indians, British America, Russian America, the UnitedStates, Mexico, and Guatimala. 5 Between North and South America are a number of beautifulislands, called the West Indies. South America is divided intoVenezuela. New Grenada, Equator. Peru. Bolivia, Chili, the UnitedProvinces, Uruguay, and Paraguay. These are republics. Brazil is Ch. CLVIII.—-2. What doe
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . nt, but is nowthought to be an island. 4. The countries in North America, are the island of Iceland,Greenland, the Polar Regions, inhabited by the Esquimaux and othertribes of Indians, British America, Russian America, the UnitedStates, Mexico, and Guatimala. 5 Between North and South America are a number of beautifulislands, called the West Indies. South America is divided intoVenezuela. New Grenada, Equator. Peru. Bolivia, Chili, the UnitedProvinces, Uruguay, and Paraguay. These are republics. Brazil is Ch. CLVIII.—-2. What does the continent of America consist of? What of the isthmuiofDarisn? Extent and population of America ? 3. What is known of the northern partof America? What of Greenland ? 4. Countries of North America? 5. What of IhWest Indies? Divisions of Smith America ? Brazil? 2G8 SCHOOL HISTORY. a province of Portugal; and Patagonia, at the southern end of SouthAmerica, is a land thinly settled by uncivilized tribes. Guianabelongs to Great Britain, France, and View in the Polar Regions. 6. I have said that it was extremely cold at the northern part ofNorth America. In this dreary region, no trees are to be found, noplants flourish. For nine months in the year, the sea is frozen, andscarcely a living thing is able to dwell there. Even in summer,nothing is seen but now and then a lonely white bear, or a solitaryrein-deer feeding upon moss. 7. As you proceed south, you meet with a few willow and birchtrees, and some hardy plants. Still farther south, the vegetation im-proves, wild animals become abundant, and wild birds are seenswimming in the waters, or hovering in the air. 8. Here you meet with tribes of Esquimaux and Chippewa In-dians. When you get to Canada, you find a fruitful country. Whenyou get as far south as the United States, the climate becomes pleas-ant. In the West Indies, around the Gulf of Mexico, and throughoutall the northern parts of South America, the climate
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