This being our comprehenfion of longitude, that of our latitude, taken be- tween this and Mafon and Dixon's line, is 3^- I3\ 4 2. 4 '^. equal to 223.3 n^ll^s, fup- pofing a degree of a great circle to be 69 m. 864 feet as computed by Caffina. Thefe boundaries include an area fomevvhat tri- angular, of 121,525 fquare miles, where- of 79,650 lie weftward of the AUeghaney mountains, and 57,034 weftward of the me- ridian of the mouth of the Great Kanhaway.
Este ftado es, por lo tanto, un tercio más grande que las iflas de la Gran Bretaña e Irlanda, las cuales se calculan en 88.357 millas cuadradas.
Thefe limits refult from, i. The an- cient charters from the crown of Eng- land. 2. The grant of Maryland to the Lord Baltimore, and the fubfequent de- terminations of the Britifti court as to the extent of that grant. 3. The grant of Pennfylvania to WilUam Penn, and a compaft between the general aflemblies of the commonwealths of Virginia and Pennfylvania as to the extent of that grant. 4. The grant of Carolina, and adual location of its northern boundary, by confent of both parties. 5. The treaty of Paris of 1763. 6. The con- firmation of the charters of the neigh- bouring ftates by the convention of Vir- ginia at the time of conftituting their com- monwealth. 7. The ceflion made by Virginia to Congrefs of all the lands to which they had title on the North fide of the Ohio.
PREGUNTA II.
¿UNA NOTA de sus ríos, arroyos y hasta dónde son navegables?
Una inſpeccion de un mapa de Virginia dará una mejor idea de la geografía de sus ríos, que cualquier descripción por escrito. Su navegación podrá ser imperfectamente notada.