A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . f Sweden 1 What mountains«parate it from Norway ? Ans. Dofrafield. What sound divides it from Denmark? 200 NORWAY. What eea and gulf divide it from Russia? What arc the divisions of the country.Describe the lace of tiie country. Wisat are the principal rivers? Where do theyempty? IIow much of the land is susceptible of cultivation? What is the climate? Inwhat do the woods of Sweden abound? What mines in Sweden? What
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A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . f Sweden 1 What mountains«parate it from Norway ? Ans. Dofrafield. What sound divides it from Denmark? 200 NORWAY. What eea and gulf divide it from Russia? What arc the divisions of the country.Describe the lace of tiie country. Wisat are the principal rivers? Where do theyempty? IIow much of the land is susceptible of cultivation? What is the climate? Inwhat do the woods of Sweden abound? What mines in Sweden? What is the state ofcommerce? Of edu«ation? What is the condition of the common people ? What isthe character of the nobility? What is the religion? The government? What isthe metropolis? Describe it. Where is Gottenburg? Carlscrona? DannemoralWhat is the commercial importance of Gottenburg ? For what is Dannemora dis-tinguished? Where is Fahlun ? For what is it noted? Where are Upsal andLund? For what are they celebrated? Where areTornea, Umea, and Gefle ? Wherearc Christianstadt and Carlstadt? Over w^hat other country and over what islandsdoes the Swedish government extend?. Skating upon Snow in Norway, NORWAY. Extent, 120, 000 sq. miles—Pop. 1, 000, 000—8 per sq. mile. The climate of Norway on the sea coast is moist, and remark-ably temperate for the latitude. And although in general it isseverely cold, it is highly conducive to the health of the inha-bitants, who, in many instances, arrive to extreme old age. Norway is one of the most mountainous countries in theworld. The mountains are lofty and extensive, and often im-passable, being broken up into awful precipices and chasms, andintersected by torrents and cataracts of impetuous fury. So ex-tensively rugged is the surface, that not more than one hundredthpart of it is capable of being tilled, and but little grain is produ-ced. Still there are vallies abundant in pasturage and cattle;the immense forests of fir and pine aff