ᎢᏳᏃ ᏕᎦᎶᏗ-ᎦᏩᏦᏗᏛ-ᎠᎷᏫᏗᏍᎩ ᎨᏣᏦᏙᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎨᏣᎵᏌᎳᏙᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏃ ᏱᎿᎢ ᎡᎳᏗᏃ ᏴᏘᎦᏖᏃᎭ, ᎯᎳᎪᏃᏅ ᎢᏳᏓᎴᎩ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᏱᎪᏩᏛ. ᎢᎸᎯᏢᏰᏃ ᎦᏚᎲ ᏧᏳᎪᏗ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏱᏅᎯᏃᎯᎵ, ᎿᏉ ᎠᎴ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎢᎸᎯᏢ ᏬᏓᎸ ᎨᏒ ᏱᏙᏗᎭᎧᏂᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎡᏉᏂ ᎨᏴᎢ, ᏱᏙᏗᎭᎧᏂᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏌᎯᎸᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎣᏓᎸᎢ ᏱᏙᏗᎭᎧᏂᎭ;

If you could get into a balloon, rise into the air, and sail along over the country, how many interesting things would you see! At one moment you would be passing over a city, at another you would look down upon a valley, or a river, or a hill, or a mountain!

ᏱᏂᎦᎥ ᎦᏲᏍᏛᏯ ᏴᏌᏰᎶᏨᎥᏍᎦ ᎠᎴ ᏴᎦᏙᎥᏒᎥᏍᎦ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏄᏍᏗᏓᏅ ᎦᏃᎮᏍᎩ ᏥᏚᏙᎥ (ᎪᏪᎵ); ᎡᎶᎯᏰᏃ ᏄᏍᏗᏓᏅ ᎦᏃᎮᏍᎩ ᏥᏚᏙᎥ, ᎢᏗᎦᏔᎭᏉᏰᏃ ᏕᎦᏚᎲᏉ ᏂᏚᏍᏛ ᏕᎧᏃᎮᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᏕᎨᏴᎢᏉ ᎠᎴ ᏬᏓᎸᎢᏉ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᏌᎯᎸᎢᏉ, ᎠᎴ ᏙᏓᎸᎢᏉ ᎠᎴ ᏄᏓᎴᏒᏉ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎩᎶ ᎡᏙᎯ ᏣᎪᏩᏛᎯᏙᎰ ᎡᏙᎲᎢ.

What a pleasant method this would be of studying what is called geography! for geography, you know, is a description of cities, rivers, valleys, hills, mountains, and other things that a traveler meets with.

ᎯᎳᎪᏃ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎤᏟ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏴᎦᏙᎥᏒᎥᏍᎦ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏕᎦᎶᏗ ᎠᎷᏫᏗᏍᎩ, ᏲᏦᏗ, ᎯᎠᏉᏃ ᎪᏪᎵᎯᏉ ᏴᎪᎵᏰᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ, ᏓᏟᎶᏍᏛᏉ ᎪᏪᎶᎢ. ᎠᎴ ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎪ ᎾᎿ ᏕᎦᏚᏩᏗᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᏚᏍᏛ ᏕᎨᏴᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᎿᎨᏒ ᏙᏓᎸᎢ. ᎠᏎᏃ Ꮀ ᎢᏗᎦᏲᎵᏳᏉ ᏕᎦᎶᏗ ᎠᎷᏫᏗᏍᎩ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎨᎩᏃᎯᎵᏓᏍᏙᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏰᎵᏉ ᎢᎩᏰᎸᏎᏍᏗ ᎪᏪᎵᎯᏉ ᎢᎦᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᏄᏍᏗᏓᏅ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏓᎵᏂᎬᏁᎮᏍᏗ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎨᎦᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᎦᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᏱ.

How much more delightful this would be than to look over maps, which only give you a sort of picture, showing where towns are placed, how rivers run, and where mountains lie. But as very few of us can travel about in balloons, we must be content with maps, and learn geography from them as well as we can.

ᎢᏳᎾᏗ ᎢᎸᎯᏢ ᎢᏅ ᎢᏕᏙᎲ ᏱᎩᎪᎲ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎢᎩᎪᎲᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏱᎩ; ᎢᏳᏃ ᏅᏯ ᏱᏁᏍᎨᏗ, ᎣᎷᏉᏃ ᎬᏅ ᎤᏣᏘ ᏳᏰᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᎡᏗᏳ ᎬᏁᏍᎨᎲᎯ ᏱᎩ ᏗᎧᏃᏗᏱ.

Suppose that in traveling in some distant country we should meet with a building different from any we had ever seen; suppose that it was built of stone, covered with moss, and marked with great age, as if it had been erected at least five hundred years ago.

ᎠᎴ ᎢᏳ ᏱᎩᏴᎸ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏓᏁᎸ ᎿᏉ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏳ ᏱᏕᏗᎪᏩᏛ, ᏧᎵᏏᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏤᏆ ᏕᎧᏅᏑᎸ ᏱᏗᏗᎪᏩᏘᎭ, … ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏓᏁᎸ ᏓᏤᎵᏍᏛ ᏱᏙᏗᎪᏩᏛ ᏔᎵᏧᏈ, ᎠᎴ ᏦᎢᏧᏈ ᎢᏳᏕᏘᏴᏛ ᎢᏴ ᏗᎬᏩᏂᏲᎱᏒᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏚᎾᏙᎥ ᏱᏗᎪᏪᎳ ᏅᏲᎯ ᎾᎿ ᎭᏫᏂᏗᏢ ᏧᏂᎪᎳ ᏥᏚᎵᏙᎯᏍᏗ.

Suppose that on entering this building we should find strange, dark rooms of vast size, …; suppose that we should find in this building the graves of persons who died two or three hundred years ago, with their names carved upon the stones beneath which their bones repose!

ᎦᏙ ᎮᎵ ᏱᏕᎳ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏱᎩᎪᎲ; … ᏝᏍᎪᏃᏅ ᏱᎨᎦᏚᎵ ᎢᎦᏕᎶᎰᎯᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᎾᏍᏛ ᏴᏫ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏳ ᎤᎾᏁᏍᎨᎲᎯ; ᏝᏍᎪᏃᏅ ᎯᏍᎩᏧᏈ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏛ ᎥᎦᏨᏍᏗᏱ ᏱᎨᎦᏚᎵ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎦᏛᎪᏗᏱ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎸ ᎾᎯᏳ ᏥᎨᏎᎢ;

Now what do you imagine we should think of all this? … Should we not be anxious to know something of the people who constructed such a wonderful building? Should we not desire to go back five hundred years, and learn the story of that distant time?

ᎢᏳ ᎠᎴ ᎩᎶ ᎦᏰᏗᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᎤᏛᏐᏅᎯ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳ ᎬᏩᏕᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᏝᏍᎪᏃᏅ ᏱᎨᎦᏚᎵ ᎤᎶᏗᏢ ᎤᏬᎸ ᎢᎦᏅᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎦᏛᎪᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏁᏍᎨᎲᎯ: ᏝᏍᎪᏃᏅ ᏧᏈᏯ ᏱᎦᏰᏓᏛᏛᎮᎸᎥᏍᎦ ᏄᎾᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏁᏍᎨᎲᎯ ᎯᎠ ᎦᎵᏦᏕ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏕᎦᏂᏌᎲᎢ.

And if we could meet with some old man who had lived so long, should we not wish to sit down by his side and hear him tell how this edifice had been built? Should we not ask him a thousand questions about the people who built it, and those who had been buried in it?

ᎢᏳᏰᎾ ᎢᏅ ᎣᏤᏙᎸ ᏴᏫ ᏓᏁᏩᏗᏒᎢ, ᎤᏣᏔ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏧᏍᏗ ᏱᏕᎯᎪᏩᏛ ᏓᏓᏁᎸᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎦᏳᎳ ᏥᏥᏁᎢᏍᏓ ᏂᏚᏍᏛᎢ. ᎠᎴᎾ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᏱᏕᎯᎪᏩᏛ ᎥᏝ ᎯᏍᎩᏧᏈᏉ ᏧᏕᏗᏴᏛ ᏗᎬᏁᏍᎨᎲᎯ ᏱᎦᎩ. ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᏓᎵᏱ ᏙᏧᏙᎥ ᎢᏴᏛ ᏫᎨᏤᏓᏍᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᎩᎵᎩᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ, ᎾᏍᏉ ᎡᏏᏱ ᎠᏍᏛ ᏫᎨᏤᏓᏍᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᏯᏃᏉ ᏱᏗᎪᏩᏗ ᏚᏲᏨ ᏧᎾᏓᏙᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏓᏓᏁᎸ ᎠᎴ ᏚᏂᏚᏅᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏔᎵᎭ ᎠᎴ ᏦᎢᎭ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᏧᏕᏗᏴᏛ ᎢᏗᎦᎬᏁᎸᎯ, …

Now if you were to travel in foreign countries, you would meet with a great many such buildings as I have described. You would indeed find many that are more than five hundred years old.

If you were to extend your travels to Italy, or Greece, or Egypt, or some parts of Asia, you would often meet with the ruins of temples, palaces, and cities, which existed two or three thousand years ago, …

ᎢᎦᏛ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏣᏗᏉ ᏱᏗᏍᏆᏂᎪᏍᎦ ᏂᏚᏬᏚᏒᎢ, ᎢᎦᏛᏃ ᏄᏍᏆᏂᎪᏛ ᏂᏚᏅᏅᎢ.

Some of these would excite your wonder on account of their beauty, and some on account of their grandeur.

ᎯᎠ ᏱᏂᏚᏍᏗ ᏱᏕᎯᎪᏩᏛ ᎢᏅ ᏴᏫ ᏓᏁᏩᏗᏒ ᏱᏤᏙᎸ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᏴᎦᎯᏩᏛ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎤᎪᎲᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏴᎨᏣᏃᎮᎯᏏ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎸᎢ. ᎦᏙᎨᏃ ᏣᏛᏁᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ; ᎠᎴᏃᏅ ᏰᎵᏉ ᎨᏣᏰᎸᏗ ᏱᏂᎦᎩ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᏱᏣᎷᏥᎸ ᎢᏅ ᏨᏒ ᏤᏙᎸᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏈᏓ ᎧᏃᎮᎸᎥᏍᎩ ᏧᏙᎢᏛ ᎤᏬᎸ ᎤᎶᏗᏢ ᏣᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏣᏛᎪᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎡᏘ ᎡᎯ ᎧᏃᎮᎸᎥᏍᎬᎢ.

Such things you would meet with in foreign lands, but no man could be found old enough to tell you their story from his own observation. What then would you do? Perhaps you would be content, after returning from your travels, to sit down with old Peter Parley, and hear the history of these ancient times.

Well, I suppose that most of my readers have either traveled about, or read of distant countries. Perhaps, then, they are curious to hear an old man tell of the olden time. If the reader is not already tired of my stories, I beg him to sit down and hear what I have to say.

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