Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Owing, therefore, to the fact that so little is known, generally, of the State's history, the presentation of the subject in the form of questions and. Answers, in large part, is undertaken in this volume. This method has some strong arguments in its favor - the catechising of one another by children, and a sure and ready method by which teachers may acquire a foundation of the cardinal points in the subject.