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4. An Isthmus is that narrow neck of land annexing the Peninsula to the Con-tinent, by which people may enter into one from the other.
5. A Promontory is a high part of land stretching out itself into the sea, the extremity whereof is commonly termed a Cape or Head-Land.
6. A Mountain is a rising part of the dry land over topping the adjacent country and appearing the first at a distance.
7. The Ocean is a large rendezvous, or great collection of waters, environing a considerable part of the Continent.
8. The Sea is a smaller collection of waters, intermixed with islands, and entirely or mostly environed with land.
9. A Gulph is a part of the sea every where environed with land except one passage, whereby it communicates with the neighbouring sea or main ocean.
10. A Streight is a narrow passage, whereby either joining a gulph to the neighbouring sea or ocean, or one part of the sea or ocean to another.