UNIVERSAL ERUDITION. 



XV. Geography then defcribes the ocean, and 

 afiigns the proper names to the feveral feas that 

 wafh the coafts of the four quarters of the known 

 and unknown parts of the earth ; as alfo the ri- 

 vers that water each country, and the lakes that 

 they contain. It recounts all the obftrrvations 

 that have been made on thefe feas by mariners, 

 and by naturalifts ; the productions of each fea ; 

 and every other particular relative to them. 



XVI. After thefe general matters, geography 

 pafles to the analyfis of the feveral parts of the 

 world : and here it examines their fituation and 

 extent -, their apparent number of inhabitants, 

 with their figures, qualities, cuftoms and man- 

 ners ; the principal productions of each part of 

 the world ; and laftly, the countries and pro- 

 vinces of which it is compofed. Each country 

 alfo undergoes a particular and minute exami- 

 nation, with regard to its natural and political 

 fituation, its frontiers and limits, its neighbours 

 and form of government ; its capital and other 

 cities, which are divided into great, middling, 

 and fmall -, its fea-ports, fortified places, re- 

 markable towns, palaces, caftles, feats, and 

 houfes of pleafure; its parks, forefts, mines, 

 falt-pits , and, in a word, every object by which 

 it is diftinguifhed or rendered remarkable. From 

 all this it appears, that, to underftand geography, 

 it is only necefTary to have a good fight, a clear 

 difcernment, and a ilrong memory. 



XVII. As 



