ish Channel,
and on the west by the Irish sea, and St. George's Channel. It is
divided into 52 counties, 40 in England and 12 in Wales. The 40 English
counties are

6 IN THE NORTH.

_Counties._ _Chief Towns._

Northumberland Newcastle.
Cumberland Carlisle
Durham Durham
Westmoreland Kendal
Yorkshire York
Lancashire Lancaster.

6 IN THE EAST.

Norfolk Norwich
Suffolk Ipswich
Essex Chelmsford
Middlesex London
Hertfordshire Hertford
Cambridgeshire Cambridge.

6 IN THE SOUTH.

Kent Canterbury
Sussex Chichester
Surry Guildford
Hampshire Winchester
Berkshire Reading
Wiltshire Salisbury.

4 IN THE WEST.

Dorsetshire Dorchester
Somersetshire Bristol
Devonshire Exeter
Cornwall Launceston.

18 IN THE MIDDLE.

Gloucestershire Gloucester
Monmouthshire Monmouth
Herefordshire Hereford
Shropshire Shrewsbury
Cheshire Chester
Derbyshire Derby
Nottinghamshire Nottingham
Lincolnshire Lincoln
Huntingdonshire Huntingdon
Bedfordshire Bedford
Buckinghamshire Buckingham
Oxfordshire Oxford
Worcestershire Worcester
Staffordshire Stafford
Leicestershire Leicester
Rutlandshire Oakham
Northamptonshire Northampton
Warwickshire Warwick.

The 12 Welsh counties are,

6 IN NORTH WALES.

_Counties._ _Chief Towns._

Anglesea Beaumaris
Caernarvonshire Caernarvon
Denbighshire Denbigh
Flintshire St. Asaph
Merionethshire Harlech
Montgomeryshire Montgomery

6 IN SOUTH WALES.

Cardiganshire Cardigan
Radnorshire Radnor
Pembrokeshire Pembroke
Caermarthenshire Caermarthen
Brecknockshire Brecknock
Glamorganshire Cardiff.

You will learn these counties, my dear, and trace them on the map at
your first leisure opportunity. We have been so long in Europe, that I
fear I must give you a very short description of the other parts of the
world.

Asia is rendered famous on account of its having been the residence of
our first parents, and the scene of almost every transaction me