GEOGRAPHY. s>8cj 



fame manner it does the other celeftial bodies; 

 examines its dimenfions, its figure and fituation 

 in the tmivvrfe , and, in a word, all that has any 

 relation to the mathematics. As we have fuffi- 

 ciently explained this part of geography in the 

 forty-ninth chapter of the firft b ok, fro.M fee- 

 tion feventy-nine to eighty- fix, we i'nall confine 

 ourfelves here to natural and phyficai geography; 

 having alfo explained what relates :o the politi- 

 cal part in the chapter on ftatiftics in this 

 volume. 



(4.) The knowledge of maps and charts, and 

 the manner of ufmg them, makes alio a part of 

 geography. 



III. (5.) Geography is likevvife either facred 

 or profane. The former furnifhes inftruciions 

 relative to the peregrinations of the patriarchs, 

 and the travel* of the Ifraelites. It elucidates 

 the predictions of the prop -.iLnft certain 



kingdoms and nations ; the wars of the Jews; 

 the travels erf St. Paul and the other apoftles ; 

 the eftablilliment of tlie church in all parts of 

 the known world, &c. Profane geography is 

 divided into, 



(6.) The geography of the ancient and middle 

 ages, and of rrfodern tim .ich of thele parts 



comprehends a defcription of the earth and its 

 various inhabitants, in their proper periods. By 

 the labours of ancient geographers, and the mo- 

 dern authors of maps, we have now a complete^ 

 atlas of the ftate of the ancient v.oild. 



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