The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal.

A journey of four hundred and thirty miles can be made in any part of the United States, but in Turkey it takes as many days.

America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton.

The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.

In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north.

It will be a vast boon to mankind when we learn to prophesy the precise dates when cycles of various kinds will reach definite stages.

Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.