Excerpt from A New System of Modern Geography, or a Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar, And Present State of the Several Nations of the World, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing, the Figures, Motions, and Distances of the Planets, According to the Newtonian System, and the Latest Observations, A General View of the Earth, Considered as a Planet, With Several Useful Geographical Definitions and Problems

Whatever may be its defects, they have not arisen from want of exertion, or a desire to avoid expense. The disbursements for editorship alone have Exceeded one thousand dollars - and for maps five thousand.

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