The _Fixed Stars_, and the three superior Planets, _Mars_, _Jupiter_, and _Saturn_, rise _Heliacally_ in the morning; but the Moon rises _Heliacally_ in the evening, because the Sun is swifter than the superior Planets, and slower than the Moon. IV. _Of the surface of the Earth, considered as it is composed of Land and Water._ The Earth consists naturally of two parts, Land and Water, and therefore it is called the _Terraqueous Globe_. Each of these elements is subdivided into various forms and parts, which accordingly are distinguished by different names. I. _Of the Land._ The land is distinguished into _Continents_, _Islands_, _Peninsula’s_, _Isthmus’s_, _Promontories_, _Mountains_, or _Coasts_. [Sidenote: _Continent._] [Sidenote: _Main Land._] 9. A _Continent_ is a large quantity of land, in which many great countries are joined together, without being separated from each other by the sea: such are _Europe_, _Asia_, _Africa_, and the vast continent of _America_; which four are the principal divisions of the Earth. A continent is sometimes called the _Main Land_. [Sidenote: _Island._] 10. An _Island_ is a country, or portion of land, environed round with water: such are _Great-Britain_ and _Ireland_; _Sardinia_, _Sicily_, &c. in the _Mediterranean Sea_; the _Isles_ of _Wight_, _Anglesey_, &c. near _England_. Also a small part of dry land, in the midst of a river, is called an island, when compared to a lesser, is called the continent; as if we compare the _Isle_ of _Wight_ to _England_, the latter may be properly called the continent. [Sidenote: _Peninsula._] 11. A _Peninsula_ is a part of land almost environed with water, save one narrow neck adjoining it to the continent; or which is almost an island: such is _Denmark_ joining to _Germany_; also _Africa_ is properly a large peninsula joining to _Asia_. [Sidenote: _Isthmus._] 12. An _Isthmus_ is a narrow neck of land joining a peninsula to the continent; as the _Isthmus_ of _Sues_, which joins _Africa_ to _Asia_, that of _Panama_, joining North and South _America_, &c. [Sidenote: _Promontory._] [Sidenote: _Mountain._] 13. A _Promontory_ is a high part of land stretching out into the sea, and is often called a _Cape_ or _Headland_: such is the _Cape_ of _Good Hope_ in the South of _Africa_; _Cape Finistre_ on the West of _Spain_; also the _Lizard Point_, and the _Land’s End_, are two Capes or Headlands on the West of _England_. A _Mountain_ is a high part of land in the midst of a country, over topping the adjacent parts. [Sidenote: _A Coast_ or _Shore_.] [Sidenote: _Inland._] 14. A _Coast_ or _Shore_ is that part of land which borders upon the sea, whether it be in islands or a continent: And that part of the land which is far distant from the sea, is called the _Inland Country_. These are the usual distinctions of the land. The Water is distinguished into _Oceans_, _Seas_, _Lakes_, _Gulfs_, _Straits_, and _Rivers_. [Sidenote: _The Ocean_, or _Main Sea_.]