Port's pad, (Portsmouth)-You will perceive that the word which follows, is the distance of that place in miles from London; and it has been already observed, that the reason for abbreviating the names is because the word for the distance will better unite. The distances of a fen Towns, in Ireland, from Dublin, and the names of the Rivers they stand on, except Armagh and Newry, which have a word only for the distance of each. Derry's Foyle cable- Bell's Lagan robe-Armagh's mug-Newry's hat-Water's Suir pail Cork's Lee buds-t Clon's Suir rule-Kilkenny's Nore lake-Wexford's Slaney mug-Limerick's Shannon tike-Drogheda's Boyne dog. N. B.-Whenever you associate rivers with the names of places, let the river follow the town as in the above. *Belfast. + Clonmel. *The word STATISTICS, is now generally implied for to signify the extent, population, products, &c. of a country. The extent and population of a great many countries may be learned in one hour by these means. Read the country and the association together, and whenever the former is named, the latter will occur:-say, in France, is death and gaudy; here you see, the first word (death) is the extent, and (gaudy) the population, and so for the rest. |