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           "Well,well,"saidPaganel;"isthatwhattheyteachyouintheMelbourneNormalSchool?"

           "Yes,sir.Isn’titright?"

           "Oh,yes,yes,perfectlyright.AllOceanicabelongstotheEnglish.That’sanunderstoodthing.Goon."

           Paganel’sfacebetrayedbothsurpriseandannoyance,tothegreatdelightoftheMajor.

           "LetusgoontoAsia,"saidthegeographer.

           "Asia,"repliedToline,"isanimmensecountry.Capital—Calcutta.ChiefTowns—Bombay,Madras,Calicut,Aden,Malacca,Singapore,Pegu,Colombo.TheLacca-diveIslands,theMaldives,theChagos,etc.,belongingtotheEnglish."

           "Verygood,pupilToline.AndnowforAfrica."

           "Africacomprisestwochiefcolonies—theCapeonthesouth,capitalCapetown;andonthewesttheEnglishsettlements,chiefcity,SierraLeone."

           "Capital!"saidPaganel,beginningtoenterintothisperfectlytaughtbutAnglo-coloredfancifulgeography."AstoAlgeria,Morocco,Egypt—theyareallstruckoutoftheBritanniccities."

           "Letuspasson,pray,toAmerica."

           "Itisdivided,"saidToline,promptly,"intoNorthandSouthAmerica.TheformerbelongstotheEnglishinCanada,NewBrunswick,NewScotland,andtheUnitedStates,underthegovernmentofPresidentJohnson."

           "PresidentJohnson,"criedPaganel,"thesuccessorofthegreatandgoodLincoln,assassinatedbyamadfanaticoftheslaveparty.Capital;nothingcouldbebetter.AndastoSouthAmerica,withitsGuiana,itsarchipelagoofSouthShetland,itsGeorgia,Jamaica,Trinidad,etc.