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Excerpt from A Geographical and Historical View of the World, Vol. 2 of 5: Exhibiting a Complete Delineation of the Natural and Artificial Features of Each Country; And a Succinct Narrative of the Origin of the Different Nations, Their Political Revolutions, and Progress in Arts, Sciences, Literature, Commerce, &C
Scotland, anciently named Caledonia, by which appellation it is designated in the luminous pages of Tacitus, is situated between 55 and 58 40' north latitude, and between 1 and 6 west longitude; being'about 250 miles in length from north to south, with a very irregular breadth, in some parts extreme ly narrow, and no where exceeding 160 miles. The content of its surface has been computed at 93 square miles, con siderably more than half of that of England; and the popula tion being estimated at the proportion of the inha. Bitants to the soil is only fifty-seven for a square mile. This defect of population is chie?y owing to the mountainous na ture of the country, of which a very great part is wholly unfit for cultivation, and of little value for pasturage.
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