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Show DISTRICT SCHOOL WORK. Oomposltion,'ljom KoRiiIar Class Work.Ivill Grade. INDIA. 1k'Ation IoiHn Is located In the Southern pnrt or Aslu In tho Ton Id and North Tcmpcrnto xoncs. Kxtrst. India consists ol tlio peninsula pen-insula of Illndos'tan, Ilrltish Ilurmah nnd Ceylon Island, The area Is nearly 0110 million square miles and population about thrco million. (JovBUNMitNT. U belongs to (Irent ilrltln.11 and Is principally under Uritlsh rule. Tho Queen otOreat Hrltaln Is aleo UmpresHot India. Tho ruling authority is a Governor General and his council IkjIIi appointed by tho Urltisli Oron Nepnul and ltootnn nro Independent. 1'uiiHOrrs. .riculturo Is tho lending puruult. K..j thoibicf artlclo of food, and cotton on which tho pcoplo depend largely for clothing, ro raised In abundance. Hoth articles aro shipped toUront Ilrltnln in largo quantities. Also flax, Jute, Indigo, nnd lea. Opium mndo from tho poppy which grows In the fcrtllo valley ol tho Ganges, is dripped to China. TraiKJ Is carried on by means of railroads and caravans. India contains thruoKuropemiB to aliout tbieo thoiifnnd native). 1'koi'i.k Tho Hind oSaruihsccndants of tho great Aryan family a part o which went forth to colonize Kuroc-lu Kuroc-lu tho higher class, they aro acute reasouers, skillful manufacture! 1, and learned scholars. They have a literature extending Imk nlsiutfuurlceiuenturios. It In written in the ancient Sanskrit, Of tliii langiingo tho 0110 spoken nt the present time Is n corrupted form CiTihs. Calcutta tho capital of India ia situated on the Iloogly rivc- nlsnit foily miles from tho Kay of ltengnl. It is the most important com,mcrciul city In Asia. Next in Importaiiceamong llio cities of Asia nro Madrnaimid Bombay. Delhi was fonncrly.lho capital. Ilenares tho center, of iTrrtlTinoTt Ico 1 Ipaiuliigis licld piiMCelniuiiitiftS Kongoon xiTB?7iti&i!&tF'i" 4if iffitftrr Ilurmah, HisroiiY. Tlio IllndooS livticvo that when tlio god of rruilioii, created them ho djvideil Miem into llvo distinct classes namely, the priestB, who wcro sent foith fiom his moutli, tho soldiers fn 111 his nrii'" ' 0 merchants from his thigh, the la. i rs from his (cot, nnd tiio outcasts fiom thoeatth under his feet. Whei. a Hindoo lady's husband dies It is believed that it is for somo vvkkcil act fiono by her either in tills life 01 n life lieforo. lu oMcu tluiis sho wns burnul to death on the gravo of her husband. Itut slnco (ileal llritiau has extended hei sway over India this has been riuuo iiwny with Hut the ilindoo widow is treated very iiuclly by all her friends, j t, i 1. v Smiiii, |