4. Drops of Rain, frozen in the upper Regions of the Air.

36 Q. What is Snow?

A. A frozen Cloud, the Particles of which meeting together, fall in large beautiful Flakes.

37 Q. What is the Use of Snow?

A. It preserves the Corn from being chilled by the Frost, and lessens the Gloom of our dark Winter Nights.

38 Q. How are our Springs and Rivers formed, and a constant Circulation of Moisture preserved?

A. The Rain and Snow form the Springs, the Springs form the Rivers, the Rivers run into the Sea, the Sea furnishes the rising Vapours, the Vapours form the Clouds, and the Clouds give the Rain. 39 Q. Why is the Sea so salt? A. To preserve it from Corruption. 40 Q. How is this Saltness accounted for?

4. If may proceed from the Salt Particles that are constantly washed from the Land by the Rivers; or from Beds of Salt at the Bottom of the Ocean.

41 Q What may be learnt from the foregoing Remarks?

A. That in the whole Course of Nature nothing comes by Chance, but is produced by some Cause; and that there must be a first great Cause, which is God himself.

END OF PHILOSOPHY.

HISTORY.

1Q. WHAT is History?

A. A Description of Things as they are, or have been, with a regular Account of their principal Facts and Cir

cumstances.

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2 Q. How is History divided?

A. History has various Divisions, in Regard to its Time, its Matter, and its Form.

3 Q. What are the Divisions as to Time?

A. With Respect to Time, History is divided into Ancient and Modern, distinguished into several Periods.

4 Q. What is Ancient History?

A. It includes an Account of all Things from the Creation of the World to the Birth of Christ.

5 Q. What is Modern History?

A. An Account of all Things from the Birth of Christ till the present Time.

6 Q. Into what Periods has History been divided?

A. Into the obscure or uncertain Age, the heroic or fabulous Age, and the historical Age.

7 Q. What was the obscure Age, and why is it so called?

A. It included the whole Time from the Creation of the World to the Deluge; and is called the obscure or uncertain Age, because we know no more than the short Account given of it in the Scrip

tures.

8 Q. What do you mean by the fabulous Age?

A. That Space of Time from the Deluge to the first Olympiad, which from the many feigned Stories related in it, is called the heroic or fabulous Age.

9 Q. How far does the historical Age extend?

A. From the first Olympiad to the present Time, and is called the historical Age, because the Actions done in that Period are recorded by Writers of true History.