What is being compared in this passage? Of course the first thing to do was to make a grand survey of the country she was going to travel through. "It's something very like learning geography," thought Alice, as she stood on tiptoe in hopes of being able to see a little further. "Principal rivers -- there ARE none. Principal mountains -- I'm on the only one, but I don't think it's got any name." - Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll exploring the countryside and learning geography principal rivers and principal mountains standing on tiptoes and learning geography having a name and not having a name