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GEOGRAPHY.
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Suppose the point in this square to represent Madeira. This point is about one-fifth of the whole, therefore, it is in 2° of longitude, and a little less than one-fifth of the whole 10° of latitude, we see then 32°½ of latitude, and 2° of longitude; there is not an error of ¼ of a degree.