alled a Channel, as the English Channel.

This description of the divisions of land and water, I wish you to
commit to memory; and I will shew you all the names I have mentioned on
the globe, which will give you a more perfect idea of them, than you can
acquire by reading only.

_Anne._ Thank you, mamma; but I hope you will tell me a little more of
the earth.

_Mrs. Harley._ Willingly, my dear. You have read that after the flood,
the world was peopled by Noah's children: Shem and his descendants
spread over Asia, Ham over Africa, and Japhet over Europe. It is
uncertain who were the original inhabitants of America. Europe, though
the smallest of the four parts of the world, is much the most populous;
and here the arts and sciences are brought to the greatest perfection:
it is divided into different countries, of which the following are the
principal, though many of them, have undergone great changes during the
last few years.

ON THE NORTH.

_Countries._ _Capitals._

1 Norway Bergen
2 Sweden Stockholm
3 Denmark Copenhagen
4 Russia St. Petersburgh

IN THE MIDDLE.

British {England London
Dominions 1 {Scotland Edinburgh
{Ireland Dublin
2 France Paris
3 Swisserland Bern
4 Netherlands Brussels
5 United Provinces Amsterdam
6 Germany Vienna
7 Bohemia Prague
8 Hungary Presburgh
9 Poland Cracow
10 Prussia Koningsburgh

Note. Berlin, in Germany, was the capital of the king of Prussia's
Dominions.

IN THE SOUTH.

1 Spain Madrid
2 Portugal Lisbon
3 Italy Rome
4 Turkey Constantinople

The most considerable Islands of Europe are

Great Britain and Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean,

Iceland in the Northern Ocean,

Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Majorca, Minorca, Candia, all in the
Mediterranean sea, and the Islands in the Archipelago.

It is now so late my dear, that I must finish my account of Europe
to-morrow; good bye, and try to remember what I have already told you.

_CHAPTER VI._

TUESDAY.

_Anne._ You see me earlier than usual this morning, dear mamma;