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Oryctol'ogy (Gr. oructns, dug out, and lo(/os, a discourse). 

 — That bmiicli of science which treats of fossil organic 

 renidiiis. 



GAMES. 



Agonis'tics (Gr. agonistts, a combatant). — The science of 

 games, or prize-fighting. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Geography (Gr. ge^ the earth, and grajjho, I describe). — A 



description of the earth, particularly of the divisioits of its 



sin-face, natural or artificial, together with its productions 



and inhabitants. 

 An'tipodes, or Antip'odes. — A term applied to those who live 



on opposite sides of the globe, and, of course, whose feet 



are directly opposite. 

 Antoe'ci. — Those inhabitants of the earth who live under the 



same meridian, but on different sides of the equator and 



at equal distances from it. 

 As'cii. — Inhabitants of the globe who, at certain times, have 



no shadow : such as those in the torrid zone, who twice a 



year have the sun vertical at noon. 

 Equa'tor, — The great circle of the sphere, equally distant from 



the two poles of the world, or having the same j^oles as 



the world. 

 Lat'itude. — The distance of a place north or south from the 



equator. 

 Longitude. — The distance of any place on the globe from 



another place, eastward or westward, measured on the 



equator ; or the distance of any place from a given me- 

 ridian, measured on the equator. 

 Meridian. — A great circle of the sphere passing through the 



earth's axis and the zenith of the spectator. 

 Orol'ogy (Gr. oros, a mountain, and logos, a discourse). — The 



science or description of monntains. 

 Perie'cian. — An inhabitant of the opposite side of the globe, 



in the same parallel of latitude. 

 Peris'cian. — An inhabitant of a frigid zone or within a polar 



circle, whose shadow moves round and, in the course of 



the day, falls in every point of the compass. 

 Poles. — The extremities of the earth's axis. 



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