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GEOGRAPHY. 



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effect of the frcsli water on the surrounding ocean. 



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is always desirable, such as the depth of water and the 



Any 

 instances of that remarkable phenomenon observed 



Cephalonia, where the sea-water flows inland into a hol- 

 low in the rocks, should also be carefully described. 

 In short, it may be safely asserted that there is no single 

 fact connected with the physical structure of the earth 

 falling under the notice of an intelligent observer, which 

 may not be of value or import,ance either to himself 

 or others, if he will only give himself the trouble of care- 



fully noting down the main facts on the spot itself, with 



as much accuracy and detail as circumstances will permit. 

 With this view we must again ui'ge what was stated at the 



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" Trust nothing to the memory ; for the memory becomes 

 a fickle guardian when one mteresting object is succeeded 

 by another still more interestins." 



IL Political Geography. 



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s now proceed to notice some of the principal fea- 

 tures to which attention should be directed on the subject 

 of political or statistical geography. In many respects 

 this branch of our subject approaches very closely to that 

 of statistics, to the considerytion of which a distinct and 

 separate article will be devoted : we wall however endea- 



vour to steer clear of collision, by confining ourselves to 

 ; definition already given, and by avoiding those ques- 



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tions of detail which are more pucab*arly the province 

 of the statist. Nor can it be expected that the 

 casual visitor should devote to the examination of docu- 

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