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178 and supplies the other parts of the world with precious stones, spices, tea, muslims, &c. Pup. Is there not a difference in tle productions of differeut places? - Tut. Certainly. If every country produced the same things, there would be little or 11o intercourse or trade between distant nations. Bengal and Hindoosian produce rice, sugar, sait, silk, cotton, julig2. ομίμπυ, sailpeire, and cloth of various kinds;-Cashmere is . famous for its shawls.--Ceylon abounds with cinnamom, cotton, paper, silks, &c.: it also las a petro lichery.— Burmah abounds in mines of gold, silver, rubies, and sapphires, and in large forests where grows the teak tree, which is used for building ships: it exports also cutton, ivory, &c.—The Moluccas afford in, pepper, ivory, canes, and gums.--China contains rich mines of all precious metals. It produces abundance of corn, rice, and tea; and is distinguished for its silks, porcelain, pa Pf", &c.—Persia yields silks, carpets, leather, and pearls, Its fruits, vegetables, flowers, and sheep, are very excellent.—-Arabia produces fine horses, camels, and dromedaries, coffee, spices, &c. Pup. What are ihe principal productions of Enrope? Tut. In England, wool, and manufactured iron, tin, lead, coals, earthen-ware, wheat, barley, &c.س In Ireland, butter, salted meat, and manufactured flax