A. Sicily.

LESSON XLVII.

Europe.

Q. Which, are the most powerful Countries in Europe?

A. Great Britain, France, and Russia.

Q. What great General, a few years ago, led the most powerful army in the world?

A. Napoleon Bonaparte.

Q. Where was he finally overthrown?

A. At the Battle of Waterloo, in the year 1815.

Q. What brave man was a Swiss?

A. William Tell.

Q. What remarkable building in Italy?

A. The Leaning Tower.

[Illustration:  Leaning Tower in Italy.]

Q. What law in Prussia about attending school?

A. Every boy and girl is obliged to attend school regularly.

Q. What can you say of the northern part of Europe?

A. It is so cold, that there is good sleighing all the year.

[Illustration:  Map of Asia.]

LESSON XLVIII

Q. What can you say of the size of Asia?

A. It is the largest Grand Division of the Earth.

Q. What Ocean north of Asia?

A. Arctic Ocean.

Q. What Ocean east?

A. Pacific Ocean.

Q. What Ocean south?

A. Indian Ocean.

Q. What Sea south of Asia?

A. Arabian Sea.

Q. What Bay south of Asia?

A. Bay of Bengal.

Q. What four Seas east of Asia?

A. China, Yellow, Japan and Ochotsk.

Q. What Sea between Arabia and Africa?

A. Red Sea

LESSON XLIX.

Q. What Division of the Earth is west of Asia?

A. Europe.

Q. What Division southwest?

A. Africa.

Q. What large Country in the northern part of Asia?

A. Siberia.

Q. What Empire in the east?

A. Chinese Empire.

Q. What three Oceans touch Asia?

Q. What two Seas between Asia and Europe?

Q. What Sea between Asia and Africa

Q. What two countries of Asia are furthest north?

Q. Between what two Countries is the Persian Gulf?

Q. What Cape in the north of Asia?

LESSON L.

Q. What country in the southeastern part of the Chinese Empire?

A. China.

Q. What Country between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal?

A. Hindoostan.

Q. What Country in Asia is furthest southwest?

A. Arabia.

[Illustration:  The Great Wall of China.]

Q. What Mountains between Asia and Europe?

A. Ural Mountains.

Q. What large Island south of China Sea?

A. Borneo.