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Forests clothe the mountains to the summits.

These islands have a fine climate. All of the products of the temperate and semi-tropical regions grow here in abundance. The principal products are sugar, rice, and coffee, all of which are exported.

The people consist largely of Whites, Chinese, Japanese, and the natives, who belong to the Malay branch of the Yellow Race. The natives are Christians, and have a good system of schools. Most of them can read and write.

Honolulu is a thoroughly

Nome City is noted for its recent great yield of gold. Sitka is the capital.

Young Alaskan Indians have graduated from the industrial schools and built the houses which you see in the village of Thlinget, Sitka, on preceding page. Compare the Indian huts with the Eskimo homes. Find out how Alaska is governed. From the map, page 104, trace the steamer route from the United States to Alaska. out all you can about the people of Alaska -how they live, what they wear, what they eat, etc.

THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

Locate this group of islands. Tell its direction from United States; from the Philippines, from Samoa, from China. How would you go there? How many large islands are there? Which is the largest? What three volcanoes on this island? What large town? On which island is Honolulu, the capital, situated?

The Hawaiian Islands were annexed to the United States in 1898. They are mountainous and of volcanic origin, and much of the soil consists of lava-floes.

American city. It has fine public buildings and residences. It has a fine harbor and regular steamship communication with our Pacific harbors. Pearl Harbor and Hilo are the only other harbors in the islands.

TUTUILA (SAMOA).

This island belongs to the Samoan group. Find it. Tell how you would go there. Describe the Samoan house, without and within.

Tutuila is about eighteen miles long and five miles wide. The climate is delightful, but warm. The products of the island supply the people with

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winter; the hot season, from March till June; and the wet season, during our summer, when the rain falls in torrents and many parts of the country are flooded. The soil is very fertile, and a great variety of products is the result. Fruits are abundant. Sugar, tobacco, and a strong fiber known as manilla hemp, are the chief products. Farming and fishing are the principal occupations. There are about 8,000,000 people on these islands. They comprise Malays, Chinese, and Whites, with a large number that are a mixture of these races.

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Locate the Philippine Islands. Tell how you would go there. Near what grand division and in what direction from it are they? What waters surround these islands? Locate Luzon, the most northern island of the group. What important bay on its western coast? For what famous naval battle is it noted? On which coast do you find more seaports? Manila, the capital of this group of islands, is noted for the manufacture of cigars. Locate it. Locate Mindanao, the second island in size and importance. Name two bays on its coast. Locate Iloilo, Cebu, Dapitan.

The Philippines were ceded to United States by Spain at the close of the Spanish-American War. They are of volcanic origin, and comprise about thirty-three islands. Much of the surface is mountainous, and there are several active volcanoes. The mountains are clothed with forests which yield valuable woods. The climate is very moist. There are three seasonsthe cool season, which is during our

fairly good schools and are educated, but there have never been any public schools where all the people could be educated. The United States is providing a system of public schools throughout the islands.

GUAM.

This island lies about halfway between Hawaii and the Philippines. To what group does it belong? It has a coast-line of about one hundred miles. Its climate is very moist. The island is