THE farmers' cabinet. 



VOL. I. 



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VIEW OF THE EARTH IN HER ORBIT ROUND THE SUN. 



(Showing the several relative positions by which the seasons are produced. — The moon is 

 also represented in her orbit round the earth.) 



More distant still our Earth comes rolling on, 

 And forms a winder circle round the Sun ; 

 With her the Moon, companion ever dear ! 

 Her course attending through the shining year. 



BaIvKII. 



The next planet to Vimus in the order of 

 the System, is the Eartsi on which we live ; 

 which may be considorcd of second rate im- 

 portance, being inucii inferior in magnitude 

 to Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, but superior 

 to Mercury, Venus, jNIars, and the four new 

 planets. But small as the JCoi-iIl is when 

 compared to some of the other planets, it is 

 to us of the highest importance ; we wish 



only to attain knowledge of others, that we 

 may find out their relation to this, and thence 

 learn our connexion with the universe at 

 large. In the earliest ages of the world, 

 mankind knew nothing as to its form and 

 shape ; and even in the present enlightened 

 aoc, it is not unusual to meet with persons 

 whose ideas in this respect are for from the 

 truth. Tliosc who have not been in the habit 

 of considering this subject in an astronomical 

 point of view, have still a very confused no- 

 tion of the shape of tiic Eartli, and also as to 

 its position in the heavens. 

 The Earth, like the other planets, is not a 



