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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...ship lays in the harbor. GEOGRAPHY, 1. Name the principal rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean. 2. Name the bays on the Atlantic, beginning on the north. 3. Name the western branches of the Mississippi river, beginning on the south. 4. Name and describe the rivers of France. 5. Name the principal rivers of South America. 6. What mountains in Soutn America? 7. What rivers flow into the White Sea? 8. What rivers flow into the Black Sea? 9. What are the principal rivers in Africa? 10. Locate and describe Atlanta, Raleigh, Marseilles, Calcutta, Amsterdam, Dantzic. HISTORY. 1. Give an account of the discoveries of DeSoto. 2. Name the principal events in the history of the Puritans. 3. Give an account of King Philip's War, and the causes which led to it. i. Give an account of the settlement of New York. 6. Give an account of the settlement of Pennsylvania, and a brief notice of William Penn. 6. Describe the battle of Quebec, between Wolf and Montcalm. 7. Describe the battle of White Plain. 8. Give an account of the retreat of Washington through New Jersey. 9. Name the principal events in 1777 and 1778. 10. Name the principal events in 1781, and give an account of the surrender of Comwallii. WORDS FOE SPELLING. Accede, supersede, prejudice, mortise, franchise, authorize, advertise, theorize, parole, moralize, rueful, obtuse, traduce, expanse, noticeable, receptacle, conventicle, follicle, physical, autocracy, hypocrisy, malmsey, perfidy, dissociate, licentiate, rarefy, clarify, tranquillity, inflammable, cylinder, syllable, rhubarb, archetype, chrysolite, scintillate, cynosure, inelegant, cartilage, ineligible, ipecacuanha, syzygy, feud, newt, mimicking, verdigris, ferret, murrain, phylactery.--50. PERCENTAGE OF CORRECT ANSWERS. The number of pupils examined fo...
