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LIST OF LOCALITIES. 



PHILIPPINES, \ A group of 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, j large islands 

 in Malaysia, lying north-east of 

 Borneo, and eastward of Farther 

 India ; the largest of them are Lu- 

 zon, Mindanao, Mindora and Samar. 



PIEDMONT. In the north-western 

 part of Italy, separated from Swit- 

 zerland on the north by the Pennine 

 Alps. 



PIKE'S PEAK. One of the highest of 

 the Rocky Mts. in Colorado, and 

 about 11,500 feet high. 



PILATKA. A small town in Putnam 

 County, Florida. 



POLAND. Once independent, now a 

 part of the Russian Empire, is in the 

 western part of Russia, adjoining 

 Prussia. 



POL., \ Polar; pertaining to the 



POLARIS, j Arctic regions. 



POLAR-LAND. See Arctic regions. 



POLYNESIA. That portion of Oceanica 

 east of Malaysia and Australasia, 

 contains Navigator's Is., Friendly 

 Is., Marquesas Is., Sandwich Is., 

 Ladrone Is., etc., etc., etc. 



POMERANIA. A northern Province 

 of Prussia. 



PONDICHERRY. A French Settlement 

 in Coromandel, Hindostan. 



PONT., ) North-east Asia Minor, 



PONTUS. J Amasia and Tokat, 



POONAH. District in the Presidency 

 of Bombay, India. 



PORT DENNISON. In eastern Aus- 

 tralia ; the locality of Ornithoptera 

 var. Cassandra. 



PORT NATAL, See Natal. 



PORTO Rico. The fourth in size of 

 the West Indian Islands ; it is di- 

 rectly east of Hayti, or St. Domingo. 



POSEN. One of the eastern provinces 

 of Prussia, formerly a part of Po- 

 land. 



Po YANG. A great lake in Kiangse, 

 China. 



PREUSSEN. Prussia. 



PRINCE OF WALES' ISLAND. See 

 Pulo Penang. 



PULO PENANG. Or Prince of Wales' 

 Island ; an island near the west ; 



coast of Malaya, in the Straits of 

 Malacca, between Malaya and Su- 

 matra. 



PYRENEES. Chain of mountains be- 

 tween south France and north Spain. 



QUITO. The capital city of Ecuador, 

 is in the western part of that state, 

 on the side of the volcano Pichincha, 

 9,500 feet above the sea. 



QUEENSLAND. A district of Australia. 



RADACK ISLANDS. In Mulgrave's 

 Archipelago, north-east from New 

 Guinea. 



RAJAHMUNDRY. A town near the 

 mouth of the Godavery River, east 

 coast of Hindostan. 



REG. ARCT., ) The Arctic 



REGLONES ARCTICS, j regions; north 

 of the Arctic Circle. 



REG. IND., \ Hindostan and 



REGIO INDICO. / Farther India. 



REPULSE BAY. A small bay on the 

 Arctic Circle, below Melville Penin- 

 sula, in British America. 



RHODE ISLAND. The smallest of the 

 United States of N. Am. ; it lies 

 east of Connecticut and south of 

 Massachusetts. 



RHODES. An island near the west 

 coast of Asiatic Turkey. 



RIESEN GEBIRGE. A range of hills 

 in eastern Saxony, and between 

 Saxony and Silesia. 



Rio. River. 



Rio JANIERO. The capital of Brazil, 

 situated on a fine harbor on the 

 south-east coast. 



Rro NAPO. A branch of the Amazon, 

 in central Ecuador. 



Rio NEGRO. The north-western pro- 

 vince of Brazil ; its principal river 

 of the same name is a branch of 

 the Amazon. 



ROCKY MOUNTAINS. The great chain 

 of mountains running from north to 

 south through the whole western 

 part of North America. 



RODRIGUEZ. A small island east of 

 Mauritius. 



ROHOL. One of the Philippines, 

 north of Mindanao. 



