Geography for Children - Or a Short and Easy Method of Teaching and Learning Geography (1806) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A. Canterbury has twenty-one ) York only four. Q. Name the suffragans of Canterbury ? A- London, Winchester, Rochester, Salisbury, Ely, Oxford, Lincoln, Norwich, Chichester, Exeter, Hereford, Peterborough, Bristol, Bath and.Wells, Litfhfield, and Coventry, Gloucester, Worcester; and in Wales, St. David's, Llaudu ', St. Asaph, ard Bangor. Q. Nume the suffragans of York. A. Durham, Chester, Carlisle, and the bibhop of Sodor and Man. Q. Do all the bishops sit in the house of Peers ? A. AH, except the bishop of Sodor and Man. Q. What rank have the archbishops ? A. Canterbury ranks next.to the princes- of the blood, above all other peers, and above all the officers of the crown: York has also the same rank, except his giving place to Canterbury and to the Lord Chancellor. Q. What rank have the bishops ? A. Above all lay barons; and among themselve= London is first, Durham second, Winchester third: .the rest take place according to the time of their being made bishops. Q. What are the chief Islands of England ? A. The isles of Wight, Anglesea, Man, Jersey Guernsey, Alderney, and the Scilly Isles ? . LESSON. X. Continuation of England. Q. How many counties or shires are there England A. Forty, Q. How are these counties divided ? A. There are six in the north, eighteen middle counties, six in the east, four in the south, and six which are called the west of England. Q. Which are the counties in the north ? A. Northumberland (1), Cumberland (2), Westmoreland (3), the bishopric of Durham (4), Yorkshire (5), Lancashire (6). Q. Which are the chief towns of Northumberland ? A. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Shields, Morpeth, Aln- wick, and Hexham. Q. What Islands belong to that county ? A. Coquet and Holy Islands. Q. What is Be...