The New Universal Gazetteer and Geographical DictionaryH.G. Bohn, 1851 - 1038 էջ |
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... Lower Canada , which falls into the Assumption . ACHILL , an island on the western coast of Ireland , in the county of Mayo , containing 710 houses , and 4000 inhabitants . Асимм , ог Еснмім , a considerable town of Upper Egypt , on the ...
... Lower Canada , which falls into the Assumption . ACHILL , an island on the western coast of Ireland , in the county of Mayo , containing 710 houses , and 4000 inhabitants . Асимм , ог Еснмім , a considerable town of Upper Egypt , on the ...
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... Lower Canada , to which are annexed New Britain and the island of Cape Breton , New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , to which is annexed St John's Island and the island of Newfoundland . II . Of the territories of the United States ...
... Lower Canada , to which are annexed New Britain and the island of Cape Breton , New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , to which is annexed St John's Island and the island of Newfoundland . II . Of the territories of the United States ...
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... Lower Canada , which , after a course of 70 miles , falls into the Et Lawrence , about 50 miles above Quebec . On its eastern bank , near its mouth , stands the village of St Ann , containing about 30 houses . ANN'S , ST , a port on the ...
... Lower Canada , which , after a course of 70 miles , falls into the Et Lawrence , about 50 miles above Quebec . On its eastern bank , near its mouth , stands the village of St Ann , containing about 30 houses . ANN'S , ST , a port on the ...
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... Lower Canada . About one- half is under cultivation , the other half being covered with wood . Pop . about 3000. The number of tradesmen and artists is about 150 ; the remainder are employed in agriculture , & c . ARGENTIERA , or KIMOLI ...
... Lower Canada . About one- half is under cultivation , the other half being covered with wood . Pop . about 3000. The number of tradesmen and artists is about 150 ; the remainder are employed in agriculture , & c . ARGENTIERA , or KIMOLI ...
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... Lower Canada , which falls into Lake Megantick . ARNON , a market - town near the Rhone , in the canton of Wallis , or Valais , in Swit- zerland . It has a state - house and other good buildings . ARNOUD , ST , a town of France , depart ...
... Lower Canada , which falls into Lake Megantick . ARNON , a market - town near the Rhone , in the canton of Wallis , or Valais , in Swit- zerland . It has a state - house and other good buildings . ARNOUD , ST , a town of France , depart ...
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Էջ 445 - This beautiful island is 9 miles in length and about 30 in circumference. It is abundantly watered, though, from its limited size, none of the streams are considerable. The soil throughout is rich and fertile, and yields very fine pasture. The cows are much esteemed, yielding abundance of excellent milk. A great number of them are yearly exported to England. Vegetables are also excellent, and in great variety. Timber, with the exception of the elm tree, is not lofty, but luxuriant. Most kinds of...
Էջ 227 - The rivers present very striking, and it would seem conclusive evidence respecting the quantity of gold remaining undiscovered in the quartz veins. It is not probable that the gold in the dry diggings and that in the rivers — the former in lumps, the latter in dust — were created by different processes.
Էջ 367 - Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge, Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucester, Hereford, Hertford, Huntingdon, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, Northampton. Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Southampton, Stafford, Suffolk. Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, and York.
Էջ 367 - Cambridge, Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland. Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucester, Hereford, Hertford, Huntingdon, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Southampton, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, York, East, North and West.
Էջ 447 - Thence it runs eastward about fifteen hundred miles, including the Grain Coast, the Ivory Coast, the Gold Coast, and the Slave Coast, with the large kingdom of Benin. From thence it runs southward, about twelve hundred miles, and contains the kingdoms of Congo and Angola. 3. Concerning the first, the Senegal Coast, Monsieur Brue. who lived...
Էջ 58 - But cotton ami coffee will grow at a considerable elevation, and sugar is cultivated with success in the temperate parts of Quito. Maize is cultivated in the same climate as the banana; but its cultivation extends over a much wider sphere, as it arrives at maturity at an elevation of 9000 feet above the level of the sea. The low country within the tropics is also the region of oranges, pine apples, and the most delicious fruits.
Էջ 477 - Catholics are numerous. The whole province of Holland is a continued flat, and lies so low as to be under the level of the sea at high water: the tide is prevented from flowing in by means of dikes and natural sand-hanks.
Էջ 229 - The town is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, decreasing- towards each extremity; and most of the streets, as well as the buildings, are irregular.
Էջ 246 - North Carolina is a ridge of sand, separated from the main land, in some places, by narrow sounds, in others by broad bays- The passages or inlets through it are shallow and dangerous, and Ocracoke inlet is the only one, north of Cape Fear, through which vessels pass.
Էջ 145 - Its imports by sea are gold and silver, copper and bar-iron, woollen cloths of every description, tea, salt, glass and china ware, wines, and other commodities, for the use of its European inhabitants, and a few Arabian and English horses. The native breed of these animals being diminutive, B.