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the ftudy o f bdfo&y byftlie perulal o f DiQfeQrip.a.s^.awlwthe'jJ&Jpe^aod
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a r tf^ b e 'f e a g h t i& -modern- precifien:
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where miftakes multiply/
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torded to th e labours &£& p le a ^ r e |Jcrfi^ ^ ? ^ 4 ^ e t f ? f ^ r i'liis08 ^ ^m e h -
‘ * I t is alfo to’ be wilhed that writers on civil and- natural Hilto^j'Scc.. would', on^^S®|ia|i|qf
- plgpesiptHerwife .m'in'ute andpbfcure, indicate thediftance and the «quarter.of the compafsjfrpm fome
* well known city, or other objeft, the bare mention o f a name being!often infufficient, even ’for
■ - ^ { .a tM o n nf-the lar^elf atlas. ‘ ThisidefeSt 'often' cdhfume'/ihuch ,b£tthe. reiderhsi time, which
- mighbbe faved b y ithe addition ofjtwojor three Words, with an ™prO:vemeh| o f the fenfc,1. ancfna
, i isjury- to the-melody o f the expreffion.
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m if ta k e s ext ’Sf'p it ic iit/ J a in vw-ittaft'ed in q u ir e r m iy ^bfMnMxcftb d ilc u n ip r l,
a n d fp C t ih fe ^ u e n t^ l^ id a & o n p^rthe t ru th . M a n y b jem iflie s w i l l n o d o u b t,
b e - Y d l p ^ i i ! ' i ytdfh. oytuctl a ^ c g iU i f f v e ^ r fd rh'tfttifariohV ira.ture ; b u t
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fee hete* found o f f KymS^'raiftakeb in' otlte-y. orks, ho1 Kfbfili* ho iriftisce
b'e'eti in'll tit 8Cv'd:b} any- ‘Tn’dtive'j 'e^cegfthe'ptiiie 'wifti o f preferring exadf
ififairfefnllfiii-;, fiich a dete£tidrf-bfJ|irfecei§i-nfg ,-®q^-TCingdmt}Mpe'ilf|b1e
iti •#-tVbfk o f in'ftria<9ri©ft.<l‘ 'But^ilibhf*p^®gel>Will be.rT c^ ?d extremely
‘ r^re^as nh h ' ^ g e h f e c i i l ^ j l ' t dT^lie - readef *tfo dMfeiSf'the mifta'keV'of Ms
*pjpil^Eqffors,-'many q § w h ie lt,a f e ^ ^ ^ ^ Jta ih o ^ e ’vm ?’bej|prid eon-
-ception, bly k5 mefe "collMflnJ.df th ! l f delu q tM rr 'hiufi,,tJfofe contained
in tn c pr'cft ntr\ \ bi-k b h o u ff "th^ punfie fa\our^ reward the author’s en - ?
jitl)savo,u5sj nfc^‘will ,moft fe ^ Iq u lly rc’m p v o ^ iiy bletniflics, and a^ppt
.fftlhh^l^suprbyemenisias May lfc'fuggeft^d*. ’fththe ft\ lghe^cfe’cllicilly
Mined at eOneifP4phripicurty ;'^ h d 'ln a y ’ h»4f®®%iiilb y g ^ ^ iflrE£d**'|fe-fI
-gaiicc n^ofnamept^ of ^ ^ |jM H t i ^ H ™ f f l p r a ^ v & e ‘T |^ a™ ^ ir a c y -
, o f - th e ^ te ^ ^ Eveh-tne’idT^^M^pl^Plmy- fe’ei&si ()ppreft^/byffalfpro-
Ti^mimitejohT o f”geogr^phj, a’ld? ftluggtc'rin w , like a»grand ca-
taradt, "nearly arrefted by the fuift o^' an alpine V ih t y |f ‘|-yay thej nioft-, V
* deeorSted^actdcQnqiife of the ahd|§n,t' g£0grapfiers0 |fe'eohffrai"uedC tp'-ibe-
gin w ith a'n apblogy. 1 $atj£«iptr4q,dpfcribe the ftat#oBme; Wp-rld/a work
“ full o f impediments and difficulties, and whislty aiifeargel y be eplkienefd,
“ by one ray of elocution; for a. great part will confift of the natnesfofY
v. 5.6 1 *1 R K \ \V ,*’*'*3.naiion$i'';f