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.â-ricienfepo-
.p uL irion^ /
3?j"ogréffive
geography*
g a i n e d > 0 ^ that on .the north and weft of the b u x in e being
«lpar-and precife. . ' . . . ' ' ; „
■ph.e ancient popülafecm of feucope <$n fiftjd -(^ th e Celts -m the weft
&nd fo u th ; ' the Fins in th e ^ q r tp eaft'; andrthe t a p s or-Laplanders, .a
<fimini§nm raceTike tip j 3^ & k , q f Afia, in the furtheft^jrorth, and
w h o feem to have, enriched their original rude language b y adopting,Tn
a- great meafure, that ö f 'th e ir more civilizedL n dghbeurs1 th ? - Ffas
TMoi^ ancient -inhabitants, who fee-m :to- h ave'been fhm l|® c a tte fg ^
were driven towards the weft and north -by the S c y th ian s'o r CotW
from Alia," whofe. de fen d an ts 'oeeöpy-the greater pkrt of Éurbpè j 'b ƒ
t h e ^arttfalAanV * .Slayoni^fr-ifeesv a lfe ’ from Afia, the ahfeftSre'-’of
were * accompanied by iS S THèrnfi^ _
. u fing what i itoWi «»Hêd the Lettic %eeeh-, \&}'%b "found 'to- Pi-affid;
Lithuania,-tSamegki«, Courland, and Li?von$it; being a-hin to fhd
Slayqak k n g ’rgge ■ j yet w ith many fhadès M idiffttnlHon; ■ Am c a
th e e oW y c f Iberi, northern MaSretani, paffed imtp Spain- a t a 'very
period* T h e tó e r acceifion o f F in a ^ r ia s s »ad ffiïrte ,,fte ïA Afia*
may Ukewife be commemorated.
... "pae'iirc^reffivë^ geography e f Eorppe wiH be more aptly illtiftrated
in tW d e fl^ p tio n s o f each k in g to n and ftate.- Sufeee-it here - to ©b-
ferve, th a t the ableft modem geographer«, n o t exêeptm-g^ D’Ahviile
foimfelf, have greatly erred in their views of' th'e'M<%ht!lti0w h d g é -é f
Europe. O f Scandinavia th e apcients oiily-knew the- 'fouthèrn p a rt, as
fa r as th e large lakes o f W e t l a n d Wener, -■> The"R offlah^fti?^' explctóêd
th e fouthem ftiores-of the Baltié as far as tile-river R u b p ,^ ^ ffie weftern
Dwina, and -di&óvered the- names o f-feVëfahtribes a lq ^ * ther,!fhor&:
fent of the centol-parts o f Germany: i* ‘is -e'vSde'ht,- front h h e ^ a p s foF
Ptolemy-, th a t they had n o yuft idfeas; Fo th a t t-he‘tTÏbes''-wh;lIéh‘ h è
enumerates may be more juftly affigned to the northern parts along
the Baltic, or to the fouth era o n the left of the Danube. The Carpathian
or Sarmatian mountains were well known, but the line.ó f 5Ó9 or
c3° of north latitude, moil confine the ancient knowledge in the north
«aft. A Angularity in the ancient defcriptions has often milled; for as
th e mountains, in thé favage ftatè of Europe, were crowned or aceom-
3 .Tooke’s V iew o f Ruflra, i. 45^'.
panied
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pa-nied;-,wi|h'.fQrb%-; Thei fatpe, te rm was u fe th in feveral barbarOus lan-'
'gU|ges|jfef*exprere> eithej£.f ‘f e lth a t the ancients often place important
n j o M t d j p p ^ w ^ i E ^ J t h e h a d •only'planted large forefts.
This remark becomes effential in the comparifon of ancient and modern
mqupjjaips-,'arev-vainly fuppofed to have
b e ^ t h ^ J P ^ i ’an ^^m,,-,^yyhicb the ancients hid in the pro-’
^ .i|n 'd e ft,^ |^ ^ ^ a s ^ i^ e a d . fqrejft^ running from eaft to weft.
T l ^ }Sgkq IV ^m oO Ii^ y ., w h ic h ;he'g^fifisvqLy|faffi.gns to the" north-of
Q$!pa3k,.! oppofitipn^tp his,text, transfer
it t|® X’ciittvIitjW^regiori" aim oft as- unknown, tq> thp j anciepts as-America,
m uA T ^ f& ^ l|d ;^ ,aw ^ ftfo re |;, extendingtofoine promontory; and the
Ifeinedtci M cM ^ ^ fT to lem y ja j'e in the ,, like prenicameQ^.fjir'modern
know ledge* ey?hcisrthat no iucli/moU-ntiaii 1© exift. , Qfjall feien’ces^ .per-*
- S® ^ g e o g rap h y *has ^ made, tire, m0ftTbSyr^ ana imperfedt progrefs, and
thef fifft;yy pfef'st,qf it plac&at 'fandom"many grand features o f nature, -
® R a a <Vf-‘BU®uai^']keMSent and juft'plan*, of'givmg an bxa£t'delineation
'of fhy co^n&y, - att^ afterwards exploring the1 real extent o f ancient
knowledge.
:The qhrif%n religion, prevails th r ^ g h q q t Eurppe^exgept in Turkey, Religion,
where how e v er,a tle aft p n e . ^ l f of-the inhabitants;are attached to vthe
Qteek^efeirchj ^ ^ h e rq y e r .the chriftian faith has.<penpl;rated,( kn0wT
'fttfe-ej i n ® f t ^ ’have KdlhweJ: a p o n g the barbarous
M p& P ^ tlr e nortfi .was u nH ^ p ily Scandinavia re -
m a in in ^ '^ a n tilKhe cl sve-ntH; eeptuiy.) jar^d-. f®1»« -Slavamc- tribes - on
the-fouth o f tfie' Bailticltill* tfi&'thirtejentfi;: nay i f not century.
agoJ|fnces tl^ E a p I h n d ^ s ’werekonvetted b y miffi'qnk;*Fr®na Denmark.
The tw o ^ a n d diftiWtiOH^’are catWlies and pfrbieftants, the fc ra p r in the
fquth;,.:wfi'ere^ tK%p|™or;s, are .more warm, ,and tlfe|imaginatipn mqre
delighted ,w i|k , fpIqnd/E^-'i the latter in .th e , norths whqre tfie fatisfac-
tiop of the judgment predominates.
This ^univerfali-ty o£- the chriftran jfeMgipn' ha.s been followed by a a-
pthep fuperlatiye .advantage, that, Lq f A°nhitptingiafl Fprope, as it w e re ,
■into one republ^ci fb that any’ufeful ^fspyery .made in-gjae. ftate pafles |
tp the reft with celerity. In th%re^)e£t Eurppe has Seen: compared to
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