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ocean ; as the Mediterranean, the Baltic. 



An island is a tract of land surrounded 

 by water; as Great Britain, Ireland, &cc. 

 A lake is water surrounded by land ; as 

 the Lake of Geneva. 



A cape or promontory is a point of land 

 running far into the sea ; as the Cape of 

 Good Hope. A bay is a part of the 

 ocean running far into the land j as the 

 Bay of Biscay. 



A peninsula is land almost surrounded 

 with water ; as the Morea. A gulph is 

 a part of the sea almost surrounded with 

 land ; as the Gulph of Venice. 



An isthmus is the narrow part of land 

 which joins the peninsula to any country ; 

 as the Isthmus of Suez. A Strait is a nar- 

 row passage from one sea to another ; as 

 the Strait of Gibraltar. 



The earth is also divided into four quar- 

 ters ; Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 



Besides these, there are other divi- 

 sions of a more varying character ; such 

 are the political boundaries that separate 

 kingdoms and empires. 



Kingdoms, provinces, towns, &c. are 

 divisions of the earth that change with th$ 



