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which separates the northern hemisphere 

 from the southern, so this circle may be 

 considered as the boundary which sepa- 

 rates the eastern hemisphere from the 

 western. 



The broad space lying between the 

 tropics, like a girdle surrounding the 

 globe, is called the Torrid Zone, because 

 the sun is at one time or other perpendi- 

 cular over every part of it, and extreme- 

 ly torrifies or heats it. The space be- 

 tween the tropic of Cancer and arctic 

 circle is called the North Temperate Zone; 

 that between the tropic of Capricorn and 

 the antarctic circle, the South Temperate 

 Zone: from their enjoying a mean or 

 moderate degree of heat ; and the two 

 circular spaces bounded by the polar cir- 

 cles are the two Frigid Zones ; so named 

 because of the intense cold which reigns 

 in those regions the greatest part of the 

 year ; and they are denominated north or 

 south, from that pole which is in the cen- 

 ter of the one or the other of them. 



Of the Seasons, s?c. -Nature is always 

 grand in her designs, sublimity and sim- 

 plicity are the striking characteristics of 



