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XXVIII. To render the ftudy of modern hif- 

 tory complete, we muft traniport ourfelves into 

 the other three parts of the world, and we live in 

 an age when we can make thofe journies without 

 going out of our cloiets. In Afia we have to 

 coniider, befide the empire of the Turks, which 

 v/e have already mentioned, 



1 . The modern hiftory of Perjia* 



2. The like hiftory of the Moguls, or empe- 



rors of Indoflan. 



3. That of the kingdoms of Pegu, Ava, and 



Arracan, or of thole countries which the 

 ancients comprehended under the name of 

 the Indies beyond the Ganges. 



4. The hiftory of the kingdoms of Siam, Laos, 



and Tonquin. 



5. That of the kingdom of Bengal, and its 



nabobs. 



6. The modern hiftory of China. 



7. The hiftory of Japan. 



8. The hiftory of the kingdom of Java. 



9. That of Ceylon, formerly called Taprobane. 

 jo. The hiftories of the other large ijlands of 



the Indian and Oriental 'fea. 



XXIX. In Africa, we have alfo to learn, be- 

 fide what is under the immediate dominion of the 

 Ottoman empire, 



1. The hiftory of AbyJJlnia. 



2. That of funis and fripoly. 



3. That of Algiers* 



4- That 



