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MODEL RELIEF MAP OF AUSTRALIA.

Zones and Circles.?

The line round the earth, upon which the vertical
rays fall during the first day of our summer, is called
the tropic of Cancer.

During the first day of our winter the sun shines
straight down on the tropic of Capricorn. --The belt
of land and water lying between or within the tropics,
is called the torrid zone. The tropics are at about one
fourth the distance from the equator to the poles.

Find the arectie circle on the map. Find the ant-
arctic circle. These circles are at about one fourth
the distance from the poles to the equator.

Bound the north frigid zone. The south frigid
zone. The north temperate. The south temperate.

1 This lesson is added for the convenience of teachers
who wish to include the study of zones, tropics and polar
circles in the primary coursé. See page 77.