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4. Of mountains 



5. The benefit of mountains 



6. The height of mountains 



Particular height of several mountains in France 

 Th|| of Mount Atlas 



Of the formation of mountains after the flood 

 Of the formation of an iron-mountain in Sweden 



7. Of water 



The chief properties of water 



8. Of ice 



Rivers always freeze first at the bottom 

 Standing waters freeze first at the top , 



Surprising effects of severe frost on trees, and other 



vegetables 



The amazing bodies of ice neat Hudson's Bay 

 Some waters in Scotland which never freeze 



9 . Of fountains 



Curious experiments, shewing that vapours from 

 the sea supply all fountains and rivers 



10. Of the sea 



11. Of rivers and islands 



Of the great rivers in Africa 

 Description of the river Nile 

 Peculiarities of the Thames wafer . 



Of the cataract of Niagara . . 



American rivers the largest in the world 



The amazing length of the course of the Rhine 

 Of various fresh and salt water lakes 

 Of the formation of the main islands of the globe at 

 the deluge : 



12. Of the bason of the sea 



Of the little difference there is between the bottom 

 of the Adriatic Sea and the neighbouring countries 

 The greatest aud ordinary depths of the sea 

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