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GEOGRAPHY, 



[Sect. V, 



I. Physical Geography. 



1. 



The principal heads under which this branch of the 

 subject may be divided, and respecting each of which it 

 will be necessary to say a few words, are 



Form of country ; whether consisting of hills, valleys, 

 or plains, 



2. Mountain ranges; their direction, height, spurs, 

 woods, and forests. 



Rivers : their sources, obstacles, size, affluents, and 

 confluents. 



4, Springs ; whether hot or cold or mineral, their 





localities, temperature, &c. 



5. Lakes, marshes^ la<yoons ; how surrounded, &c. 



banks 



nature 



rocky, or muddy 



Form of country 



or plains. — The 



figu 



first object which engages the attention of a traveller on 

 entering a new locality, and this may be described in 



ndulating, hilly, or mountainous ; or 



general term 



the country may I. divided into districts, to each of which 



configuration may be applied. 



one of the abov 



or 



Each of these, howeyer, is susceptible of great modification. 

 A flat country may be a sandy de&crt, a rich alluvial plain, 



or a marshy, boggy tract j it may be well watered 

 rivers and streams, or arid and parched up ; it may con- 

 tain numerous lakes ; it may be barren or wooded, or 

 cultivated as arable or gra land: each of thes<; fea- 

 tures may he of importance, or at least of interest ; nor 

 must the nature of its soil be omitted, whether sand, or 



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