THE WARM, SOIUTHERN COUNTRIES. 
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Newfoundland also belongs to Great Britain. It is not 
a part of the Dominion of Canada, but has a separate 
government. 
EXERCISE. — (Open books to map of North America.) Find 
Greenland; Iceland; Alaska. To what countries do they belong? 
Find the Dominion of Canada. Find three great rivers in it; three 
large lakes. You remember Red River on the western boundary 
of Minnesota (see map, p. 235) ; into what lake does it flow? YTind 
Montreal; Quebec. Write what you kuow (pp. 53, 54) about them. 
XLILl.— THE WARM, SOUTHERN COUNTRIES. 
(PArTt I, PAGES 82-88.) 
We know that the countries of North America at the south 
of us are as much warmer than ours, as those north of us 
are colder. We remember the hot coast lands, with their 
abundance of interesting and valuable plants; and the grad- 
ual change as the land rises, until in the high, cool interior, 
the fields and forests look almost like our own. We have 
read, too, of terrific volcanoes in these countries, and of 
earthquakes that shake down people’s houses; and have 
found that, after all, a country of continual summer may 
not be the pleasantest place in the world to live in. 
South of the United States, are the hot countries of 
Mexico, Central America, and. the West Indies. 
Mexico is a republic, made up of many small States, 
united under one government. Mexico, its capital, is 
on a high table-land in the interior. 
Central America consists of small, separate republics 
of not much importance. 
The West Indies include four large islands, and a 
great number of very small ones. Cuba and Hatti are 
much the largest "he izland of Cuba is famous for