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- XIII. SANDWICH ISLANDS. Thefe confift of twelve islands, the principal of which is OWHYHEE, where that celebrated navigator, Captain Cook, who discovered them, terminated his fervices to mankind and his life, falling a facrifice to the fury of the enraged favages, in a difpute which he unfortunately had with them in 1789.. They are fituated between 22° 15′ and 18° 53′ N. latitude.

Between KAMSCHATKA, which is a large peninsula in the north of Afia, and America, lie a great number of islands, inhabited by a race of men of a fhort ftature, but ftout and well made; very revengeful, and prone to fuicide,

Questions formed for the Exercife of the Pupil.

HOW is Newfoundland fituated, and for what is it famous ?

Where are the Bermudas, and what other name do they go by?

Where are the Bahama iflands?

What is faid of Cuba?

For what is Jamaica famous, and by whom was it taken ?

What is the capital of Jamaica?

What is faid of Porto-Rico?

How are the Caribbees fituate, and which are the principal islands ?

Which are the Leeward islands?

Where is Terra Del Fuego, and what is faid remarkable of it?

How is Otaheite fituated, and for what is it famous ! Which are the Society islands ?

Which are the Friendly islands, and what is the principal one?

Which are the New Hebrides, and for what are the inhabitants remarkable?

Point out New Caledonia.

Where is New Zealand, and what is faid of the inhabitants of those islands?

What is faid of New Holland, and the inhabitants of that place?

Where is New Guinea?

Where are New Britain and New Ireland?

Where is Eafter island?

Where are the Sandwich islands, and for what are they remarkable?

LETTER XXXIX.

USE of the TERRESTRIAL GLOBE.

We will now, my dear boy, proceed to the

ufe of the Terreftrial Globe, which is a round ball, exhibiting on the furface an exact delineation of the chief kingdoms, nations, and diftances, juft as they are in nature. This curious and entertaining inftrument confifts of feveral parts. I. Two poles (being the ends of the axis, on which the globe turns to perform the diurnal motions), reprefenting those of the world: the meridian, that is a brass circle furrounding the globe, the upper part of which is graduated from the equator towards the poles; but the lower part from the poles towards the equator, This circle not only furrounds the globe, but is joined to it at the poles themfelves. II. The wooden horizon, or frame, which fupports the whole globe; the upper part of it represents our true horizon, and has feveral circles drawn upon it. The first, next the globe, contains the twelve figns of the Zodiac, through which the fun or earth revolves in a year; these are

fubdivided into fingle degrees. The next circle exhibits the Julian, and the third the Gregorian Calendar (or old and new ftyle), divided into months and days. On the outfide of thefe are generally delineated the 32 points of the compafs. III. The Hour Circle,, divided into twice 12 hours, fitted to the meridian round the north pole; which pole carries a little index pointing to the hour. IV. A thin flip of brafs, called a quadrant of altitude, divided into go degrees, the fame fize with those on the equinoctial, to be faftened occafionally to the top of the Meridian, in order to measure the diftances and directions of the places from each other. Laftly, On the furface of the globe are alfo delineated the Equinoctial Line, divided into 180 degrees each way from the first or chief meridian. The Ecliptic, divided into 12 figns, and each fign into 30 degrees; the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the two Polar Circles; and the 24 Meridians, correfponding with the 24 hours of day and night.

* The Ecliptic Line reprefents that path in the Heavens which the fun feems to defcribe by the earth's annually revolving round it. It is divided into 12 equal parts, and each of thefe into 30 others, correfponding with the 12 months and the days of the month. The names and characters of the 12 figns, with the time of the fun's enance into each, are as follow:

The use of this curious mathematical inftrument is to point out the various phenomena belonging to the different nations and inhabitants of the world, with reference to their distance, pofition, varieties of days and nights, changes, and revolutions of the seasons, in an cafy and natural manner, without the trouble of long and tedious calculations. I fhall now proceed to the folution of the most useful Problems on the Terreftrial Globe, first premifing, "that the latitude of a place is. "equal to the elevation of the pole at that "place;" for if the Arch of the Meridian between the place and the Pole is added to the latitude of the place, it makes 90 degrees; alfo if it be added to the Pole's elevation, or arch between the Pole and Horizon, the fum is 90 degrees; whence the propofition is. evident.

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