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READING LESSONS. 173 LESSON vm.
EUROPE.
lRE'LAND, a beauti l and rtile island in the Atlantic Ocean, Marly 32,000 square miles in area, and possessing a population of 81⁄4 mil­ lions. Ancient names- verna, Hibernia, Scoti.
E G1LAND, the southern part of Great Britain, an island east of Ire­ land, in area 58,000 sq. m.-pop. 16 mill. nearly, being 270 inhab­ itants to the sq. m. A.N. ·Albion. See "Britannia," p. 116.
ScoT1LAND, the part of G. Britain N. of the Tweed: its area wants only 2,000 sq. m. of that of Ireland, but its pop. is 5! mill. less. A.N. Cale nia.
FRANCE, a rich and important kingdom, N.W. of the continent of Eu­ rope, and in the middle of the temperate zolle. Area, 204,000 sq. m., and pop. 331⁄2 mill., being 84,000 sq. m. in area, and 71⁄4 .mill. in pop. over those respectively of G. Britain and Ireland taken to­ gether. A.N. Gallia or Gaul, which comprised not only France, but also Belgium, Helvetia, or SWITZERLAND (ar. 15,250 sq. m., pop. 2 mill.), and a part of Germany. It was called Gallia rans­ alpina-beyond, or N. of, the Alps-by the Romans, to distinguish it om Gallia Cisalpina,-N. Italy, S. of the Alps.
SPAIX, a ne country, S.\V. of France: Spain does not di er much in size om France, but its pop. is 191⁄2 mill. less than that of the latter. A.N. eria: Hispania comprehended the entire pe­ ninsula.
PoR'TUGAL, an independent kingdom, rming the western bounda of Spain, a little larger than Ireland, but with less than half its pop. A.N. Lusitania. See p. 54.
NETH1ERLANDS, two distinct kingdoms-one N. of France, called the Belgic or Southern Netherlands, one-third the area of Portugal, with same pop.:-the other N. of the rmer, called Holland (A.N. Batavia), anrl of nearly the same extent; pop. 3 mill. A.N. Gallia Belgica, or Belgium.
GER'MANY, a large portion of Central Europe, divided into States- 11⁄2 times as large as Spain, with nearly 3 times its pop. A.N. Germania, which contained the country between the Danube, S.,
and the Baltic, N.; the Vistula, E., and the hine, W.
DEN1 IARK, a kingdom N. of Holland, ar. 22,000 8q. m., and pop. 2 mill. A.N. Ghers esits brica. Noa1WAY, SwE1DEN (together, 290,000 sq. m., op. 33⁄4 mill.), Lapland, and Finland, with Denmark, rmed the ancient Scandinavia.
Rvs1s1A, an empire N. and N.E. of Europe, and nearly half its entire area, with one- fth of its pop.-comprised with Po'LAND ( rmerly 300,000 sq. m., pop. 15 mill.), and part of PRus1sIA (now 106,500 sq. m., pop. 14 mill.), the ancient Sarmatia Europ a.
h'ALY, a peninsula S. of the Alps, the most celebrated country of Europe: ar. 118,700 sq. m., pop. 21 mill. A.N. Italia; it was also called speria, om its west1er5ly*situation.