FIFTH BOOK

OF

L ESS ON S

FOR

THE USE OF SCHOOLS.

DUBLIN

PUBLISHED BY DIRECTION OF THE

COMMISSIONERS OF NATIONAL EDUCATION,

At their Office in Marlborough Street.
SOLD BY R. GROOMBRIDGE, LONDON, AND

FRASER AND CO. EDINBURGH.

1836.

PREFACE.

This Firth Book or Lessons has been compiled as a portion of the plan of progressive Lessons, partially developed in the preceding Books. Its object is to carry forward the Instruction of the more advanced Pupils, into subjects which had been but briefly noticed, or altogether omitted in the former Numbers of the Series, In this new edition the modern history has been enlarged; a section on Chemistry has been added, together with several Poetical extracts.

CONTENTS.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY.

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3
6

9

13

17

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25

Rotundity of the Earth,

General View of the Globe,

Mountains,

The Ocean,

Springs—RiversLakes,

Changes in the surface of the Earth,

The Atmosphere,

The Winds,

Aqueous Vapour, -Clouds and Mists,-Rain, Dew,

Snow, Hail,

On the Deluge,

Mineral Kingdom, No. 1,--Mines in Great Britain

No. 2,

No. 3,

No. 4,

No. 5,

No. 6,

No. 7, -Organic Remains,

No. 8,

No. 9,

No. 10,

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