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FRANCE. 
1. France is now the most important republic in Europe; 
it is a great and powerful state, and has long held a distin- 
Zulshed rank among the nations of Christendom, 
2, The country is beautiful and fertile, and the climate 
'emperate and salubrious. "The surface is mostly an extended 
Main, a large portion of which is well adapted to cultivation. 
3. Agriculture is more advanced than in many other parts 
f Europe. "Tne manufactures are Various; and the com. 
Merce, though not so extensive as that of Great Britain or the 
United States, is carried on with almost all parts of the globe, 
Aail-ronds are exeiting much attention in France, 
4. 'The chief produets are wheat, Indian-corn, grapes, olives, and 
he supar-bect, From the latter large quantities of sugar arc made 
annually. The vineyards of France yicld 250 different kinds of wine, 
they occupy ncar 5 million acres, and their annual produce is about 
520 million gallons, Claret, Burgundy, and Champagne are the prin- 
%pal wines. Silk and wool are important products, 
5. The French are brave, active, and ingenious-—polite in their 
Manners, and fond of show and amusement, Their Ion: „4 men 
8xcel in the belles-Jettres, mahematies, astronemr EA Sue.lstry, 
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