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LIST OP LOCALITIES. 



CORDILLERAS. The Andes. A long 

 chain of mountains extending along 

 the whole western coast of South 

 America, from north to south. 



( '<>I;EA. A peninsula N. E. of China, 

 between the Yellow Sea and the Sea 

 of Japan. 



COROMANDEL. South-east coast of 

 Hindostan. 



CORRIENTES. A cape on the coast 

 of Mozambique, east Africa. Also 

 a province and town in the east of 

 Buenos Ayres, S. America. 



CORSICA. A large island in the 

 Mediterranean Sea, west of France. 

 The birth-place of Napoleon Bona- 

 parte. 



COSTA RICA. The most southern 

 State of Central America, lying 

 between Nicaragua and Panama. 

 It has a glorious Lepidopterous 

 fauna. 



CRETE. Candia. A large island in 

 the Mediterranean Sea, south of 

 Greece. 



CROATIA. The most north-western 

 territory of European Turkey. 



CUBA. Largest of the West India 

 Islands, is the locality for the gor- 

 geous and rare Papilio Gundlaehi- 

 anus, P. CctiguanabuSf and other 

 fine species which occur nowhere 

 else. 



CUENCA. A town in the south- 

 western part of Ecuador. 



CURACOA. Island north of Venezuela. 



CYPRUS. A large island in the Med- 

 iterranean, near to and belonging to 

 Asiatic Turkey. 



DAHOMEY. East of Ashanti, in Up- 

 per Guinea, west coast of Africa. 

 The pleasant place where on the 

 death of one of its kings, a few 

 thousands of his slaves and wives 

 are immolated at the burial of the 

 dear departed. 



DAKOTA, ) Territory of the United 



DAKOTAH. $ States, it is bounded on 

 the porth by British Columbia, on 

 the south by Nebraska, east by Min- 

 nesota and west by Montana and 

 Wyoming. 



DALMATIA. A narrow territory be- 

 longing to Austria; it adjoins on 

 the east Croatia, in Eur. Turkey, 

 and on the west it coasts the Gulf 

 of Venice. 



DAMARA LAND. South-west const of 

 Africa, above Cape Colony. 



DAMASCUS. A city in the south-west 

 of Syria. 



DANIA. Denmark. 



DARIEN. Isthmus of Darien, the 

 narrow neck of land that connects 

 North and South America. 



DARJEELING. In Sikim, north- 

 eastern Hindostan. 



DAURIA, 



DECCAN. Large district in southern 

 Hindostan. 



DELAWARE. One of the United 

 States, south of Pennsylvania and 

 New Jersey. 



DELAWARE RIVER. Runs between 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and 

 between the latter and Delaware. 



DELHI. A district in northern Hin- 

 dostan, west of Nepaul and Oude ; 

 its capital city, of the same name, 

 was the seat of government and 

 residence of the Mogul dynasty. 



DEMERARA. British Guiana, lies be- 

 tween Venezuela and Surinam, or 

 Dutch Guiana, on the north coast 

 of South America. Georgetown, 

 its capital, is situated at the mouth 

 of the Demerara River. 



DENMARK. Kingdom of Denmark. 



DIGNE. A town in the lower Alps 

 in south-east part of France near 

 the borders of Italy ; the beautiful 

 and rare Thais var. Honor atii occurs 

 in this locality. 



| DHAWALAGHIRI. The highest peak 

 in the world ; one of the Himalaya 

 range in North Hindostan ; it is 

 28,070 feet high. 



DOREY. A point on the north-went 

 of New Guinea. 



DSHILOLA. Gilola. 



DUTCH GUIANA. Surinam, on the 

 northern coast of S. A merica, between 

 British Guiana and Cayenne or 



