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GEOGRAPHICAL PRIMER. 
LX.—-RUSSIA AND ROUMANIA. 
(Part I., PaqgGEs 158, 159.) 
Russia and the little kingdom of Roumania lie in the 
zreat plain of eastern Europe. We have already noticed 
the frozen lands on the Arctic shores, the vast country south 
of them, and the smaller forests among cultivated lands that 
fill the middle portion of Russia. In the south, west of the 
A Friendly Chat. 
river Don, are rich prairies, almost like those of the Missis- 
sippi. '"Fowards the Caspian, the land is poor, and the best 
parts are only pasture grounds. In some respects they are 
much like the pampas of South America. "Che Cossacks, 
who live there, raise herds of horses and cattle, and ar6 
about as daring riders as the Gauchos (px 106).