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THE WORLD. 



those doubting men of old, deny the reality of everything, ever* 

 our own existence ? 



We give above a representation of the earth, as it would prWtmbly 

 appear to a spectator removed to the distance of the moon. The 

 same hemisphere of the moon is always turned towards the earth, 

 this is caused by a revolution on its axis in the ame time that it 

 revolves around the earth. Consequently, a spectator on the 

 moon, would always behold the earth as a stationary body in the 

 heavens, as we should behold the sun, if the earth turned on its 

 axis but once in 365 days. The apparent size, of the earth, seen 

 from the moon, would be a globe of about four times the diameter 

 of the moon. In the imaginary view we have given, the great 

 Indian Ocean is directly in front, the Pacific at the rig-lit, and 

 the Atlantic, at the left. The large inland seas are shown; also, 

 Europe, Africa, Asia, and New Holland ; and around its north 

 pole are fields of ice, and cloudy patches are over the whole sur. 

 face. Such a vast globe, suspended apparently in the heavens, and. 

 revolving on its axis with a motion easily perceptible, must be a 

 magnificent spectacle, and if the moon is really inhabited, well 

 worth a journey round half its surface to behold. 



