Q. When was South America discovered?

A. In the year 1497, by Columbus.

Q. In what condition was Peru, when America was discovered? A. Peru, like Mexico, had kings and regular laws for governing the people.

Q. What did the Peruvians worship?

A. The Sun.

Q. What were the kings called?

A. Incas.

Q. What did the Spaniards do in Peru?

A. They killed the Incas and took possession of the country.

Q. Who was the leader of these Spaniards?

A. Pizarro.

Q. What can still be seen in Peru?

A. The remains of magnificent temples and buildings that were erected before the discovery of America.

Q. For what has S. America been long famous ?

A. For the abundance of its Gold, Silver, and Diamonds.

Q. What is said of the Andes Mountains?.

A. The tops of many are continually covered with ice and snow, while at the foot of the mountains the heat can hardly be endured.

LESSON CVIII.

Q. What is said of Rain in some parts?

A. In some parts rain is almost unknown.

Q. What are some of the Mountains?

A. Volcanoes; one of them, Cotopaxi, being the highest in the World.

Q. What happen in some Countries of South America?
A. Earthquakes.

Q. What was the effect of the earthquake in 1812 ?

A. Caraccas was destroyed, and ten thousand people killed.

Q. What grow in South America?

A. Sugar, Coffee, Oranges, and Lemons.

Q. What useful tree is found in S. America?

A. The tree from which India Rubber is obtained.

Q. What is India Rubber?

A. The sap of the india-rubber tree, hardened.

Q. What great Serpent in S. America?

A. The Boa Constrictor, which is able to swallow a

whole ox at once.

Q. What do we get from Cayenne ?

A. Cayenne Pepper.

LESSON CIX.

Q. For what is the City of Potosi noted?

A. It is built on a Mountain that has produced Silver in large quantities.

2. Of what do Buenos Ayres and Uruguay consist?

A. Of extensive Plains, where herds of wild Horses and Cattle feed.

Q. How are these animals caught?

A. By means of a leather rope, called a Lasso.

Q. What is the chief food of the people there?

A. Beef, without bread or salt.

Q. What is the most southern part of S. America called?
A. Cape Horn.

Q. What two Oceans meet there?
A. The Atlantic and Pacific.

Q. For what is that place noted?
A. For its violent, storms.

Q. What do sailors call, Sailing around a Cape?
A. Doubling the Cape.