III. AUSTRALASIA. 



THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, 



OR FIRST NOTIONS OF GEOGRAPHY. 



CHAPTEE IT. 



C7. Asia. 68. Its Plateaux. 69. The eastern Plateau. 70. Its physical 

 character. 71. The western tableland. 72. British India : Dekkau 

 plateau. 73. Australia. 74. Australasia. 75. Polynesia. 76. 

 British Colony : its territory and physical features. 77. Its climate. 

 78. Vegetable productions. 79. The indigenous animals. 80. 

 Minerals: Gold. 81. Aboriginal tribes. THE WESTERN, OR 

 NEW CONTINENT. 82. Its extent and form. 83. Divisions: 

 South America. 84. Central America. 85. North America. 

 86. Its extent and limits. 87. Its political divisions. 88. 

 Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. 89. Relation between the coasts 

 of the old and new continents. 90. The relief. 91. Chippewayan 



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