Ott, PLAIN TEACHING. 



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GEOGRAPHY. 



226. 



THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE. 



mixture, the subject becomes 

 ethnographical geography. But 

 if with the view of ascertaining 

 the form of the earth, its several 

 divisions, their natural produce, 

 climate, population, etc., without 

 giving predominance to special 

 objects of investigation, it is then 

 systematic and general geography. 



The earth is nearly round, 100. 

 We are accustomed to think it 

 so, because we see round maps, 

 and round globes. But maps 



and globes are made round be- 

 cause it is known that the earth is 



m 



227. 



so. "When the shadow of the 

 earth 9 1, falls upon the moon, 2, 



