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,cf thefe iiles. It mu ft have been obvious to .each beholder 



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the 



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fun rifes and fets 



times In points of 



,lly oppofite to one anothe 



d 



from thofe fituated either on 



one 



i horizon diame- 

 points not much 

 the other fide of 



ARTS 



AND 



SCIENCES 



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them, for the v^hole difference cannot exceed £fty degrees-.- Thefe 

 regions of tlie horizon, are 



r 



remarkable for the rifin 



and foon 



;and fettlng of the moon nearly v^ithin the fame 



.after they muft likewife have found that five liars,, (.the greater part 



of which equalled or furpafied even the largeft ilars in 



^1 



apparent 



magnitude) rofe and fet within the fame fpace of the horizon. 

 This was fufficient to. induce them to call that part .of .the heavens- 

 % a peculiar name. The place where the fun rifes .they called; 

 ^ataheita; and the place where he fets Topci-t-er.a.. They likewife: 

 /ound, that the fun from the time of rifing came nearer andnearerr 

 ^o the zenith,, that. he removed farther, and farther, from that, point;. 



till his fetting, and that at. certain times, h 



was 



perpend 



their heads;, the line whe 



fun 



comes 



ft to the 



T^era-wh'att 



zenith and upon it or the meridian,,, they 

 The Northern point. of this imaginary line on the horizon, , they, 

 n-rnieToo-ermiy and the .©ppofite point 5"tJ^.- They have, like wifer 

 ►names for feveral, points between thefe cardinal. .ones,, which I.heardi 

 mentioned, but I was not ab}6 e 



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number ,or the diredion ^of them, . 



to determine either th-e . 



If I am not miftaken, , .the,: 



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