Seine (470 mi.) --{R}olling {G}ay {S}eine. Spree (220 mi.) --{N}otice {N}oble {S}pree. Jordan (200 mi.) --A K{n}own {S}alty {S}olution. --The River Jordan is impregnated with considerable salt. 1. Why could we not substitute the phrase "{Th}e {M}ercury {S}hie{l}d" for "{Th}e {M}ercury {s}o{l}d," since "S" stands for "0," and "h" has no value? 2. Why not use the phrase "Whi{t}e {s}ea{l}ing" to express the Specific Gravity of Calcium? 3. Could the Atomic Weight of Silver (108) be expressed by the phrase "{Th}e {V}a{s}e?" 4. If not, why not? 5. Would the phrase "{Th}e {S}ilver {V}ase" be better? 6. In dealing with the length of the Mississippi, why do you not give the figure value of "W" and "E" in that part of the phrase which includes the words {W}aves {E}ncroach? 7. Would you indicate this value by a cipher, then? 8. If not, why? MOUNTAINS. Mt. Everest [29,002] {N}amed U{p}on a {S}urvey {S}trictly U{n}ique; or I{n}dia's {P}eak I{s} {C}ertainly U{n}equalled.--This is the highest mountain on the globe; or I{n}dia's {B}oundary {S}ummit I{s} U{n}approachable. Kinchinjunga is 28,156 ft. high. We shall know what Mountain is meant if we omit the first syllable "kin." Hence we can use the formula, "{N}ext E{v}erest {D}awns {L}ofty {Ch}injunga." Popocatepetl (17,783 ft.)--{Th}e {G}reatest {C}rater o{f} {M}exico. Mt. Brown (16,000 ft.)--{Th}is {Ch}arming We{s}tern {S}cenery {C}elebrated. Mt. Blanc (15,781 ft.)--{Th}is A{l}pine {C}one {F}ascinates {T}ravellers. Jungfrau (13,720 ft.)--{Th}is {M}ountain A{g}assiz {N}imbly A{s}cended. --Prof. Agassiz was one of the first who reached the summit of this mountain. Ben Nevis (4,406 ft.) --He{r}e {R}eview a {S}nowy {G}iant. Snowdon (3,570 ft.) --{M}ajestic Hi{l}ls {G}reet {S}nowdon. Saddleback (2,787 ft.) --{N}ear {K}eswick {V}iew a {C}raig. --This mountain is situated near the town of Keswick. 1. Are there any letters in the word "Ohio" which have a figure value? 2. Do you see any way by which you can make the word "Known" stand for 2 by my figure alphabet? 3. How can you infallibly retain these figure-sentences? LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. No one can have very definite or exact ideas of Geography who does not know the Latitude and Longitude of the chief Cities of the World. Lat. = 55°--00' } (5) {L}ondon's (5) {L}atitude (0) Ea{s}ily (1) LONDON } (0) {S}een. Long. = 0 } (0) {S}tarting-point.