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A promontory is a high land that juts into 

 the Tea. 



A cape is a mountain that in like manner 

 runs into the Tea. 



A point, on the contrary, is a flat land whofe 

 extremity is in the fea. 



Downs are fmall land hills near the fhore. 



A beach is a high and fteep hill on the Ihore.' 



V. With regard to the terms that relate to 

 the water : 



An archipelago is a portion of the lea in 

 which there are many iflands. 



A gulf, or bay, ,is a part of the fea that runs 

 in between lands. 



A ftrait is a neck of the fea inclofed by two 

 c may pats from one fea 



to another ; it is likcwiie called a boiphorus, 

 channel, or arm of the fea. 



A road is a place proper for calling the anchor, 

 and where (hips can ride ftcure from the wind. 



A conflux is that place where two or more 

 rivers join each other. 



The mouth of a river is that part where ic 

 leaves its bed and runs into the lea, or a lake. 



A canal is an artificial river, like thofe of 

 : -u, l.an^uedoc, &c. 



A paragc is a part of the tea under any given 

 latitude. 



VI. In continuing to treat of geography, there- 

 fore, we are to be ui. ik of the 

 tural and not the <art, and we 



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