Mr. Elliot then taking his son by the hand led him out of the parlour, and left Charles at leisure to reflect on the sad consequences of a habit of lying.
This story being finished, Mrs. Harley said, it is not necessary my dear Anne, that I should comment on the subject of which you have been reading; the advantages arising from a strict adherence to truth are too obvious not to be immediately perceived, and I trust, from the principles I have always endeavoured to instil into your young mind, that you will ever prefer the fair and open path she points out, to the intricate labyrinths of despicable falshood.
_Anne._ Indeed, mamma, if ever I should be tempted to tell an untruth, I will think of this story, and then, I am sure I shall reject it, even though I were certain it would remain undiscovered.
_Mrs. Harley._ Do not imagine _that_ would ever be the case, as it is impossible for children, however artful, long to dissemble their actions or even thoughts from persons interested about them.
I will now conclude my account of Europe.
_Mrs. Harley._ I ended yesterday, I think, with the European islands.--I will now tell you the principal seas which surround Europe--the sea of Asoph, the Euxine or Black Sea, the Archipelago or Grecian Sea, are between Europe and Asia--the Mediterranean between Europe and Africa--the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and America--the German Ocean or North Sea between Britain and Germany--the Icy Ocean on the North, and the White Sea in Russia.
The principal straits are, the Straits of Caffa between the Sea of Asoph and the Black Sea--the Bosphorus, or Straits of Constantinople between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora--the Hellespont between the Sea of Marmora and the Archipelago--the Faro of Messina between Italy and Sicily--the Straits of Bonifacio between Corsica and Sardinia--the Straits of Gibraltar between Barbary and Spain--the Straits of Dover between England and France--the Sound in the Baltic between Denmark and Sweden.
The principal gulfs and bays are, the Gulf of Bothnia in Sweden--the Gulf of Finland between Sweden and Russia--the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain--the Gulf of Venice between Italy and Turkey.
The principal rivers are, the Wolga--the Don or Tanais--and the Boristhenes or Dnieper in Russia--the Thames and the Severn in England--the Danube, the Rhine, and the Elbe in Germany--the Vistula or Wesil in Poland--the Loire, the Seine, the Rhine, and the Garonne in France--the Ebro, the Tagus, and the Douro in Spain--the Po in Italy.