12 Balloon Voyage, continued. 



you would wonder to find that, as you rush so 

 rapidly over land and sea, some places have clear 

 weather ; others, cloudy ; and still others rainy 

 or stormy, all in the same day. 



21. Now, after your return home, which you 

 would be sure to reach if your balloon kept in 

 the precise course it started out on, you would, 

 probably, sit down and write about all the places, 

 people, etc., you saw ; and, for the instruction 

 and pleasure of those boys and girls who were 

 unable to take such a voyage, you would, per- 

 haps, fill a book with your description : that 

 would be geography, which is simply a de- 

 scription of the earth's surface. What is geo- 

 graphy ? What is an ocean ? The largest 

 division of water. W T hat is a continent ? The 

 largest division of land. 



22. How does an island resemble a continent ? Both 

 are surrounded by water. What is the difference between 

 them ? A continent is larger than an island. 



24. In your description you would show draw- 

 ings or maps something like this. 



Here the teacher may draw on the black- 

 board (if not previously drawn) a map of his or 

 her school, school-grounds and vicinity. (See 

 pp. 38 and 39.) 



SPELL AND DEFINE Continent, island, bal- 

 loon, voyage, people, wrice, ocean, geography. 



