GEOGRAPHICAL READER. 
silkworm spins is called a cocoon. Large quantities of 
20C00ns are sent to Lyons, to be unwound and woven 
into elegant silks. 
10. There are not such great and. busy cities in Spain 
as in England and 
France, "Che largest 
is Madrid, the capital 
of the country. It is 
on the high table-land, 
in the interior, far from 
the sea. No ships can 
some near it; and it is 
without any large river 
upon which boats can 
go to the sea, or to 
other parts of the 
country. 
11. Madrid is very 
cold in winter, and 
very hot in summer, and so is not an agreeable place 
in which to live. Still the fountains playing in all 
parts of the city in the summer make it look very 
pleasant, and. cool the air nicely. "The water, like that 
of the fountains in Marseilles, comes from the country 
many miles away, and is pure and cool. 
12. The people of Madrid do little work. In the 
morning the men walk idly to and fro, with a long 
aloak over their shoulders, and a broad crimson sash, 
in which a large knife is always hidden, tied about the 
waist. "The women wear long, rich dresses, with a shawl 
around them, and an elegant lace scarf thrown over 
their heads instead of & bonnet.