A. Illinois River.

Q. Where do they all empty?

A. All except the Tennessee empty into the Mississippi.

LESSON XXXIX.

The western states.

Q. What grow in the Western States?

A. Corn, Wheat, Rye, and Fruit.

Q. For what are the Western States noted?

A. For fine Rivers and Steamboats.

Q. Which of the Western States is noted for Gold?

A. California.

[Illustration:  Indians in their Canoes conducting Travellers over Rapids.]

Q. Where do the Indians of the United States mostly live?

A. In the Western Territories.

Q. What are many of the Indians?

A. Good farmers and quiet people.

Q. In what are some of them very expert?

A. In conducting travellers past dangerous places.

[Illustration:  Map of south America.]

LESSON XL.

Q. What natural division of land is South America?

A. A Peninsula.

Q. What Division of the Earth is north of South America?

A. North America.

Q. What Ocean east?

A. Atlantic Ocean.

Q. What Ocean west?

A. Pacific Ocean.

Q. What Sea north?

A. Caribbean Sea.

Q. Which is the largest River in South America?

A. Amazon River.

Q. How long is the Amazon?

A. Four thousand miles.

Q. What River further north than the Amazon?

A. Orinoco River.

LESSON XLI

Q. What River in the southeast?

A. La Plata River.

Q. Into what do these Rivers flow?

A. Into the Atlantic Ocean.

Q. What great chain of Mountains in the west?

A. Andes Mountains.

Q. Which is the largest Country of South America?

A. Brazil.

Q. Between what two Oceans is South America?

Q. Where is the Caribbean Sea?

Q. Where are the West Indies?

Q. Where are the Andes?

Q. What three large Rivers in South America?

Q. Name all the Countries of South America.

Q. What three in the north?

LESSON XLII.

Q. What Isthmus joins North and South America?

A. Isthmus of Darien.

Q. What Islands north of South America?

A. West Indies.

Q. Which is the most southern Country of South America?

A. Patagonia.

[Illustration:  Travellers, with their Mules, crossing a Stream.]

Q. What Strait south of Patagonia?

A. Strait of Magellan.

Q. What is the southern Cape of South America?