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which take their rife in or very near Swit- 
zerland. The firft takes an eaflern courfe, 
and, after pafling, as you fee, through Ger- 
many, Hungary, and Turkey, falls into the 
Black Sea: the Rhine takes a contrary di- 
rection, runs through Germany and Hol- 
land, and difembogues itfelf in the German 
Ocean. Rivers of lefs note are the Elbe at 
Hambourgh, the Tagus at Lifbon, the 
Thames at London, and the Rhone in 
France, which laft, you obferve, falls into 
the Gulph of Lyons near Marfeilles. 
As to our ifland, you fee it lies between 
50 and 60 degrees of north latitude, that, 
on the eqft, it is feparated from the Conti- 
nent by the German Ocean j on the weft, 
from Ireland, by St. George's Channel; and 
on the fotfb, from France, by the Englilh 
Channel. 
Vale. 
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