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Show I I ( liissitlt'd liy Shadows, I llmphisciuns are the people who in-I in-I Ibit the tropics, whose shadows, in one I l.-t of the year, are cast to the north 1 1! in the other to the south, according I I the eun is north or south of their I IThe Antiscians are the inhabitants of 1 1 ? earth living on different sides of the I lator, whose shadows at noon are cast I I contrary directions. Those living I Irth of tho equator are antiscians to 1 1 living south of that line, and vice I Isa. The shadows on one side are cast I Irani tho north and upon the other I Ivard the north. I llho Ascians are the persons who live I I a hind where, at a certain time of I h year, they have no shadows at I I n. All the inhabitants of the torrid I :ie are Ascians, they having a vertical I In twice a year. :ThePerieciansare the inhabitants of 1 1 ' opposite side of the globe in the I Ino parallel of latitude. I I The Pericians are the inhabitants of 1 1') polar circle, whose shadows during ) lme portions of the summer must, in I l'i course of the day, move entirely I round and full toward every point of I l compass. The antipodes are those ! I sons who live on tho opposite sides I I the globe, and whose feet are directly Ner the feet of those living on this I lie. St, Lonis Republic. |