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LIST OF LOCALITIES. 



VARINAS. A town in north-western 

 Venezuela. 



VENEZUELA. One of the northern 

 states of S. America ; it lies on the 

 north on the Caribbean Sea, to its 

 west is New Granada and to its east 

 British Guiana. 



VERA PA/. One of the Central 

 American States ; it is north of 

 Guatemala and west of Balize. 



VERMONT. One of the New England 

 or Eastern United States ; it is east 

 of New York, west of New Hamp- 

 shire, south of Canada and north of 

 Massachusetts. 



VILLA NOVA. A town near the 

 mouth of Amazon, in Para district, 

 northern Brazil. 



VIRGINIA. One of the Southern 

 United States of N. Am., is south 

 of Maryland and north of North 

 Carolina. 



VIRGINIA CITY. A city in extreme 

 western part of Nevada. 



WAIGIOT. An island near the north- 

 west point of New Guinea. 



WALES. Part of the British Kingdom. 



WALLACHIA. A district in the north- 

 east of European Turkey, south of 

 Moldavia and north of Bulgaria. 



WALLIS (German). Valais, Valesia 



WASHINGTON CITY. The capital of 

 the United States of N. America- 

 is on the Potomac River, in the 

 District of Columbia. 



WASHINGTON. Territory of the United 

 States of N. Am., on the Pacific 

 coast ; it lies north of Oregon, south 

 of British America and west of 

 Idaho. 



WEST INDIES. Great and Lesser 

 Antilles; a great number of large 

 and small islands south and south- 

 east of the United States, and north 

 and north-east of S. America. The 

 four principal ones are Cuba, Ja- 

 maica, Haiti and Porto Rico, but 

 there are as many smaller ones as 

 there were saints in the calendar to 

 name them after. 



WEST VIRGINIA. The western part 

 of the old State of Virginia, which 



was separated from the latter during 

 the late war ; it lies east of Ohio 

 and Kentucky, south of Pennsylva- 

 nia and north-west of what is left 

 of the old Virginia. 



WHITE MOUNTAINS. In the State of 

 .New Hampshire ; the principal ones 

 are Mt. Madison, 5,420 feet high, 

 Mt. Jefferson, 5,660 feet high, Mt. 

 Adams, 5,760 feet high, and Mt. 

 Washington, 6,226 feet high. 



WHITE NILE. The lower Nile. 



WINNEPEG LAKE. A lake in British 

 America, north-west of Lake Supe- 

 rior. 



WISCONSIN. One of the United States 

 of N. Am. ; it is north of Illinois, 

 west of Michigan, east of Minnesota. 



WOODLARK ISLAND. One of the 

 Louisades. 



WYOMING. Territory of the United 

 States of N. Am. ; south of Mon- 

 tana, east of Idaho, west of Dakota 

 and Nebraskaand north of Colorado. 



YAKOUTSK. A great tract of east 

 Siberia ; its chief town is of the same 

 name, and is a great fur depot on 

 the Lena River. 



YEDDO, OR JEDDO. The capital of 

 Japan. 



YELLOWSTONE. A branch of the 

 Missouri River, running through 

 the eastern half of Montana. 



YLOE. One of the Philippine islands, 

 west of Mindora. 



YOSEMITE. Mountains and Valley 

 in Mariposa County, California ; in 

 the high mountains of this range 

 are found the dark-green Coddx, 

 Behrii, and the rare Argynnis Leto. 



YUCATAN. A peninsula of Central 

 America. 



ZAMBESI. A river in eastern Africa, 

 between Mozambique and Sofala. 



ZAMBOANGO. A town on the west 

 point of Mindanoa. 



ZANTE. One of the Ionian Isles. 



ZANZIBAR. An island off the coast of 

 Zanguebar, east Africa. 



ZWELLENDAM. The southernmost 

 part of Cape Colony contains a 

 town of the same name. 



