246 GEOGRAPHY ANS) ASTRONOMY. winter, but just allows the sun to peep a moment above the hori- zon, so that their night is very near 24 hours long. Thirdly, The inhabitants of the earth may also be divided into three sorts in respect of their geographical relation to one another, and they are called the pertceci, the ántceci and antipodes. I. The periceci live under the same parallel of latitude on the same side of the globe, but differ in longitude from east to west 180' degrees, or just half theglobe. These have their sum- mer and winter atthe same times with one another, but day and night just at contrary times. Islete, Those who live under the poles have no pericect. H. The antcci live under the same meridian or line of longitude, and have the same degree of latitude too, but on con- trary sides of the equator, one to the north, the other to the south. These have day and night exactly at the same time, but summer and winter contrary to each other. Note, Those who live under the equator have no antceci. III. The antipodes have (if I may so ,express it) the pro- perties of the anteeci and periceci joined together, for they live on contrary sides of the equator, though in the same latitude or distance from it ; and their meridian or line of longitude is 180 degrees or half the globe different. A line passing through the centre of the earth from the feet of the one would reach the feet of the other. They dwell at the full distance of half the globe, and have day and night, summer and winter at contrary times. In each of the three last figures, viz. vur, ix, and x. you may see these distinctions of the earth's inhabitants exactly represented. 2 A are periceci, so are e 1,3. But c or A 113 are anteci. 2 v3, or A c, or N s, or n R, or.E s, are all antipodes to each other. The amphiscii, heteroscii, and ascii, which are only Greek names invented to tell how the sun casts the shadows of the several inhabitants of the world, are not worth our present notice. SECT. X.TheNatural Description of the Earth andWaters on the Terrestial Globe. THE earth may be divided into its natural or its political parts. The one distinction is made by the God of nature who created it : Theother by men who inhabit it, The globe or sur- face 'of earth on which we dwell' is made up naturally of two parts, land and water ; and therefore it is called the ter'aqueous globe. Each of these elements have their various parts and subdivisions, which are as variously described on artificial globes or maps. The land is called either an island, a continent, a peninsula,
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