A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . ile. The islands embosomed in the Pacific Ocean, are collectivelycalled Oceanica. They are supposed to constitute about onetenth part of the land on the globe, or to be equal to one tenth ofthe surface of the Pacific. The islands in the vicinity of Asia,have the name of Asiatic or East India Islands, or North WesternOceanica. New Holland and the adjacent isles, are called Aus-tralia or Central Oceanica, and the rema
A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . ile. The islands embosomed in the Pacific Ocean, are collectivelycalled Oceanica. They are supposed to constitute about onetenth part of the land on the globe, or to be equal to one tenth ofthe surface of the Pacific. The islands in the vicinity of Asia,have the name of Asiatic or East India Islands, or North WesternOceanica. New Holland and the adjacent isles, are called Aus-tralia or Central Oceanica, and the remaining islands of thePacific on both sides of the equator are together styled Polyne?sia or Eastern Oceanica. These islands, in general, exhibit great inequalities of surface,25* 294 OCEANICA. nre diversified with mountains, rocks, valleys, and plains, andafford some of the most sublime and beautiful scenes in is observed that the mountains usually range from north tosouth. Many of them are volcanoes. Several of the islandsare composed chiefly of coral rocks, which are said to have beenformed in the progress of ages, by certain small marine insectscalled Bread Fruit Tree. The general climate of Oceanica is mild and the islands, for the most part, are situated within thetropics, the heat, through the influence of the sea breezes, is mo-derate, and less sultry and oppressive than the parts of the con-tinent in the same latitudes. Especially is this true of islandsremote from the main land. Spring and summer, or early au-tumn, are here joined in a happy and perpetual union. Thsatmosphere is perfumed, and the senses are regaled at once witiipromising buds and blossoms, and a rich variety of ripenedfruits, pleasant to the eye and sweet to the taste. The trees, vegetables, and fruits, are, many of them, such asare common in tropical regions; others are more rare and pecu-liar. Some of the most valuable productions are the palm tree,the cocoa nut,
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