GEOGRAPHY
Is the knowledge of the various countries of the world, and of the people and things in those countries. The knowledge of Geography enlarges the mind, and is therefore necessary for all who seek lo rise lo tlie rank of (il'lllU'lllCll. We niiisl describe some of ilioso places to our Maori friends; and ir they have any kind Pakeha living ni-'ar tlicin, lei them ask that European to shew tliein the places in this paper, and lo leacli them how lo pronounce llie 11 allies. Cu.NTIXK.NT, ISI.AM). ISTHJH'S, I'OI.NSI I.A, ('.ait., Mountain. C.nnliiifnl.i. (i) America. 'hliiiiils. gascar, Ceylon, Now Zealand, Wailieke, Kapili. Isthmus. —Otaliiihu, Waiuku, Sue/, Panama, Corinth. VcuinmUi.— Tamaki, llauraki, Ranks, Morea. Cnpc.i. Good Hope, Horn, North Cape, Conmrin, Verde. —Riiapaliu, Toiißariro, Himalaya, Alps, Andes, Pyrenees, Ural. WATER. <icr.AN, Sr.\, Strait, Gii.r, lUv, F.akk RIYKIS. Off an.—Atlantic, Indian, Pacific. Sar. Mediterranean, Rallic, lilack, Red, Adriatic, While. Slivit. Gibraltar. Hellespont, Malacca, liaLielniaiidel, (".ook's Straits Hay. —lliseay, Reiigal, Poverty, Plenty, Ray of Islands. hike.— Constance, (Geneva, Superior, llolorua, Taupo. llli fv. Waikato, Danube, Thames, Amazon Mississippi, Euphrates, Indus, Ganges /W.--North Pole, South Pole. /w/Mrt/ur. Relt round the globe. Zone.—Torrid, l-'rigid, Temperate. T<i>if. North, South. Einoi'i:, —Coi'.Yir.ir.s op. I.apland Ireland Sweden .s Norway Franco Denmark Switzerland Russia in Europe Italy Germany Spain Holland" Portugal Kclgium 'turkey in Europe (ireat Rritain Greece. hijiluiul.—The most north ; very cuhl: pari of I.apland belongs to the King of Sweden part to llie Emperor of Russia. The summer is slioli. The still does not scl for eight weel-s. Winter is very cold ; 110 still for eight weeks, Mountainous: large forests of trees, The Laplanders are very small, only live feet high ; very few, 9,000. jYoiii'i/i/.—To the west of Sweden. People I ,'.200,000. Very cold; Mountainous. Wood, iron, copper, come from there. Norway belongs lo Sweden. Chief towns of Norway; Christiana, Iteigen. Piiuiuirl:. -Near llie Rallic, is lull, swampy; 1 not so cold as Norway. Timber, iron, < wheat, come from Denmark. Chief town of Denmark, Copenhagen.—Crmmnniniltil. |To lie continued.l
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 127, 3 November 1853, Page 4
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332GEOGRAPHY Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 127, 3 November 1853, Page 4
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