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alled.--This is the highest mountain on the globe; or I{n}dia's {B}oundary {S}ummit I{s} U{n}approachable. Kinchinjunga is 28,156 ft. high. We shall know what Mountain is meant if we omit the first syllable "kin." Hence we can use the formula, "{N}ext E{v}erest {D}awns {L}ofty {Ch}injunga." Popocatepetl (17,783 ft.)--{Th}e {G}reatest {C}rater o{f} {M}exico. Mt. Brown (16,000 ft.)--{Th}is {Ch}arming We{s}tern {S}cenery {C}elebrated. Mt. Blanc (15,781 ft.)--{Th}is A{l}pine {C}one {F}ascinates {T}ravellers. Jungfrau (13,720 ft.)--{Th}is {M}ountain A{g}assiz {N}imbly A{s}cended. --Prof. Agassiz was one of the first who reached the summit of this mountain. Ben Nevis (4,406 ft.) --He{r}e {R}eview a {S}nowy {G}iant. Snowdon (3,570 ft.) --{M}ajestic Hi{l}ls {G}reet {S}nowdon. Saddleback (2,787 ft.) --{N}ear {K}eswick {V}iew a {C}raig. --This mountain is situated near the town of Keswick. 1. Are there any letters in the word "Ohio" which have a figure value? 2. Do you see any way by which you can make the word "Known" stand for 2 by my figure alphabet? 3. How can you infallibly retain these figure-sentences? LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. No one can have very definite or exact ideas of Geography who does not know the Latitude and Longitude of the chief Cities of the World. Lat. = 55 deg.--00' } (5) {L}ondon's (5) {L}atitude (0) Ea{s}ily (1) LONDON } (0) {S}een. Long. = 0 } (0) {S}tarting-point. Lat. = 40 deg.--52' } (4) Yo{r}k (0) {C}ity's (5) {L}atitude (2) NEW YORK CITY } (2) {N}amed. Long. = 73 deg.--59' } (7) {C}ommercial (3) {M}etropolis' } (5) {L}ongitude (9) {P}ortrayed. Lat. = 40 deg.--00' } (4) {R}epublic's (0) {Z}ealous (3) PHILADELPHIA } (0) {S}tatesman (0) {S}igned. Long. = 75 deg.--10' } (7) {Q}uaker (5) {L}ongitude (1) {T}oo } (0) {S}ober. Lat. 41 deg.--45' } (4) {R}ebuilt (1) {T}own's (4) {R}eal (4) CHICAGO } (5) {L}atitude. Long. = 87 deg.--50' } (8) {F}ires (7) {C}annot (5) {L}ongitude } (0
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