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(European.)
Charlemagne and Pepin were countries of Austria.
In Austria the principal occupation is gathering Austrich feathers.
France is parallel to America on a line running east and west.
The Bay of Biscuit is on the coast of France.
The principal industries of Germany are manufacturing, agriculture,
and the cultivation of the intellect.
Germany has very little clubbable land.
Russia in the time of Peter the Great was a very cold country and its
inhabitants lived in Siberia.
Russia is very cold and tyrannical. Boany Airs is in Russia.
St. Petersburg is in the Gulf of Finland.
The Baltic Sea is between Sweden and Norway.
Portugal is separated from Spain by the Mediteranian Sea.
Sicily is one of the Sanwich Islands.
Constantinople is called the queen of the Adriattic.
The Persian Gulf is the eastern part of Persia.
The Great Desert of Sarah was formerly discovered in Africa.
The two most famous volcanoes of Europe are Sodom and
Gomorrah.
Terra del Fuego means Land of the Furies.
The Straits of Magellan separates North and South America.
Hindoostan flows through the Ganges and empties into the
Mediterranean Sea.
No northwest passage has ever been discovered around the Cape of
Good Hope.
One of the chief exports of England is live meat which grows in
great quantities.
Ireland is called the Emigrant Isle because it is so beautiful and
green.
Gibraltar is an island built on a rock. It has 15,000 inhabitants.
The Straight of Mabel Manden seperates the Rock of Gibralter from
the ocean.
The width of the different zones Europe lies in depend upon the
surrounding country.
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