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Capital: Murry on the Jemima.

Animal-land is a dagger-shaped island lying West of the Great Continent. length 720 miles, breadth 380 miles, total area 110,600 sq. miles.

Surface: The mountains of Animal-land are numerous. The chief are: in the North the Mourme Mts. with point Phaze, and Mt. Donnair: in the South the Aya-Gutch Mts. with Mr Podiphattea, and the Gorge di Diabolo 200 ft. deep: in the centre of Pig-land the Marston Hills, or the Marston Wolds. As well as many smaller ranges of hills, as the Dugg Hills in Horse-land.

Rivers: Animal-land is a very well watered country. The largest rivers are, the Jemima, the Poulder, the Maolar, the Great Hud, the Lack River, and the Little Hud on the East coast. The Bunyar, the Thoolnaar, and the Araboa: on the West coast. The Bushat on the North coast.

Animal-land is divided into 13 provinces.

Province: Bear-land

Capital: Figurdied

Province: Wolf-land

Capital: Sclarustown

Province: Squirrel-land

Capital: Fuczy

Province: Mouse-land

Capital: Murry¹

Province: Rabbit-land

Capital: Cannon-town

Province: Pig-land

Capital: Marston

Province: Bird-land

Capital: Whing

Province: Horse-land

Capital: Main Hocking

Province: Fox-land

Capital: Sklyton

Province: Land of Typical Animals

Capital: Brall

Province: Insect-land

Capital: Boot-town

Province: Rat-land

Capital: Tipp

Province: With the island of Piscia, or Fishland

Bear-land

Bear-land is situated in the north east of Animal-land. It is mountainous, and cold. In the south: the Ravine of Dirnom is the scene of the Animal-landish HIEMPIAL SPORTS.

Wolf-land

Wolf-land is scantly populated, and thinly covered with vegatation in the west where the soil is arid and sandy: timber however is largely grown in the north. Sclarustown its capital is of much importance, being a Great Northern Railway terminus.

Squirrel-land

Squirrel-land, owing to its magnificent mountains is much resorted to by tourests. Fuczy on Lake Fuczy is world-famed for corn. Great Eglington is an enormous railway centre.

Mouse-land

Mouse-land is the seat of government. Murry on the Jemima is a great port, and has imense shipbuilding yards. Here the Parliament is situated. It is a beautiful country of undulating hill and dale.

Rabbit-land

Rabbit-land is the first provence in learning and art. Cannon-town is so called because it is situated in the cannon of Butatsheek. Poultry are reared in the west.

Pig-land

Pig-land is very flat, and produces much coal and iron. Lake Marston is the largest expance of fresh water in the world. It is often called the Great Lake.

Bird-land

Bird-land is very uneven indeed. Whing is a university city, and is the terminus of the Bird-land Railway.

Horse-land

Horse-land is hilly and fertile. Large quantities of wheat, rye, rice, corn, and quicksilver. Main Hocking is the chief port for westward-going liners.

Fox-land

Fox-land is covered with forests, and tilled fields. Here ploughs were first made in 120 A.D. Potatoes are exported.