Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 548

550 THE SCHOOL ii By how much better than my word am By so much shall falsify men's hopes iii As to o'er-walk current roaring loud On the unsteady footing of spear iv That roan shall be my throne Look how this river comes me cranking in vi No nor you shall not vii So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men viii Will have wild trick of his ancestors What expressions in this play have passed into proverbs Write characters of Prince Henry and Falstaff What is tte relation of Shakespeare's historic plays to actual history 10 In what main respects do the style and ii the lan- guage of Shakespeare differ from the style and language of the present day Upper and Lower Sixth -Division page's viical eeograpljp State accurately the various branches of geographical science What is the cause of the variation of seasons Illustrate your answer by diagram Give six proofs that the earth is spherical How was its oblateness first conjectured and then proved Explain the words equator-ecliptic-tropics of Cancer and Capritorn- meridian water-shed delta selva pampa isothermal and co-tidaj lines-sargasse Write table of the chronological succession of geological strata Draw map of the land and water hemispheres Show that all mountain ranges have long and short slope What would be the physical results if the Andes were on the eastern side of America Why is Atacama desert Mention the mountain-systems of Europe Asia and Africa respectively State all you know about the Gulf Stream 10 Explain the general theory of tides