[Ill.u.s.tration: A Traveller attacked by a Crocodile.]

Q. What Country in Europe is nearest Africa?

A. Spain.

Q. What Strait between Africa and Spain?

A. Strait of Gibraltar.

Q. What Cape in the southern part of Africa?

A. Cape of Good Hope.

LESSON LV.

Q. What is Africa?

A. The warmest Division of the Earth.

Q. What animals are found in Africa?

A. Elephants, Lions, and Leopards.

Q. What dangerous reptiles in Africa?

A. Serpents and Crocodiles.

[Ill.u.s.tration: A Sand Storm in the Desert.]

Q. What is a great part of Africa?

A. A Desert, or vast Sandy Plain.

Q. How do men cross the Desert?

A. In large companies, called Caravans.

Q. What storms sometimes overtake Caravans?

A. Storms of scorching sand, raised by the wind.

RECAPITULATION.

OCEANS.

Where is?

Pacific Ocean West of America.

Atlantic Ocean East of America.

Northern Ocean North of North America.

Southern Ocean South of South America.

Indian Ocean South of Asia.

RIVERS.

Where is?

Amazon In the northern part of S. America.

Mississippi In the United States.

Missouri In the United States.

Ohio In the United States.

Arkansas In the United States.

Connecticut In the United States.

Hudson In the Eastern States.

Susquehanna Runs through Pennsylvania.

Delaware Between Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Volga In Russia.