A. Iowa River.

Q. What River flows through Missouri?

A. Missouri River.

[ILl.u.s.tRATION: Western Steamboat.]

Q. What River flows through Arkansas?

A. Arkansas River.

Q. What River flows through Tennessee?

A. Tennessee River.

Q. What River in Illinois?

A. Illinois River.

Q. Where do they all empty?

A. All except the Tennessee empty into the Mississippi.

LESSON x.x.xIX.

THE WESTERN STATES.

Q. What grow in the Western States?

A. Corn, Wheat, Rye, and Fruit.

Q. For what are the Western States noted?

A. For fine Rivers and Steamboats.

Q. Which of the Western States is noted for Gold?

A. California.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Indians in their Canoes conducting Travellers over Rapids.]

Q. Where do the Indians of the United States mostly live?

A. In the Western Territories.

Q. What are many of the Indians?

A. Good farmers and quiet people.

Q. In what are some of them very expert?

A. In conducting travellers past dangerous places.

[Ill.u.s.tration: MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA.]

LESSON XL.

Q. What natural division of land is South America?

A. A Peninsula.

Q. What Division of the Earth is north of South America?

A. North America.

Q. What Ocean east?

A. Atlantic Ocean.

Q. What Ocean west?

A. Pacific Ocean.