. An introduction to geography, ancient modern, and sacred, with an outline of ancient history . enus, the Rhine ; Rhod-dnus, the Rhone ; AlMs, the Elbe; Iberus, the Ebro;Liger or Ligeris, the Loire ; Sequiina, the Seine; Boetis,the Guadalquiver. Lakes.—Lemdnus, Geneva ; Brigantinus, Constance. gee, ^Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Somersetshire ; the Durotriges,Dorsetshire ; the Damnonii, Devonshire and Cornwall; the Silures,South Wales; the Ordovices, North Wales; the Iceni, Essex,Suffolk, Norfolk, &.c.; Brigantes, Yorkshire, &c. The Romans divided the country into tvro parts, Romana andBarbara, o
. An introduction to geography, ancient modern, and sacred, with an outline of ancient history . enus, the Rhine ; Rhod-dnus, the Rhone ; AlMs, the Elbe; Iberus, the Ebro;Liger or Ligeris, the Loire ; Sequiina, the Seine; Boetis,the Guadalquiver. Lakes.—Lemdnus, Geneva ; Brigantinus, Constance. gee, ^Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Somersetshire ; the Durotriges,Dorsetshire ; the Damnonii, Devonshire and Cornwall; the Silures,South Wales; the Ordovices, North Wales; the Iceni, Essex,Suffolk, Norfolk, &.c.; Brigantes, Yorkshire, &c. The Romans divided the country into tvro parts, Romana andBarbara, of different extent at different times, according to the pro-gress of their conquests. Britannia Romana they further dividedinto Prima, Secunda, Superior, Inferior, &c. The names of the principal rivers were, the Tamesis (Thames),Sabrina (Severn,) jibus (Humber &c.), Vedra (Wear), Tina(Tyne), Ituna (Eden), &.c. The principal islands, were, VecHs (Wight,) Mona (Anglesey,)and Mona or Monaeda (Man). INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY. 89 ASTRONOMY. CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL The Celestial Sphere appears to turn round fromeast to west every 24- hours, carrying with it, in the sametime, and in the same direction, the sun, moon, and the term universe* has been applied to thewJiole system of tlie heavens, and heavenly bodies ; or,in other words, to the whole range of creation. That portion of the universe of which the sun is in thecentre, is called the solar system. This system consistsof the SUN, the stars called planets, with their secon-daries or satellites, and a number of comets. The planets, though they difler very little in appearancefrom the stars, are opaque bodies like the earth ; and infact the earth is a planet. The light with which theyshine is not their own, but received from the sun, andreflected back, as in tlie case of the moon. Like theearth, they revolve round the sun from west to east inorbits nearly circular. Like the earth, too, the planets,while rev
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