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... amounts to 98.07 inches . The difference in England alone is enormous ; at London , 22.7 falls annu . ally ; while at ... amount only to from 21 to 35 inches . The direction of the winds in so large a country is so various and con- trary ...
... amounts to 98.07 inches . The difference in England alone is enormous ; at London , 22.7 falls annu . ally ; while at ... amount only to from 21 to 35 inches . The direction of the winds in so large a country is so various and con- trary ...
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... amount of 330,000 tons annually . The chief other districts where it is wrought are Staffordshire , Worcestershire , and Yorkshire ; the entire produce in the year being a million of tons . an account of the mineral productions of ...
... amount of 330,000 tons annually . The chief other districts where it is wrought are Staffordshire , Worcestershire , and Yorkshire ; the entire produce in the year being a million of tons . an account of the mineral productions of ...
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... amount , in some of the northern wolds . of the smaller quadrupeds , birds , insects , & c . , common in the same latitude , are found in England . The nightingale is said to be not heard farther north than Yorkshire . The rivers ...
... amount , in some of the northern wolds . of the smaller quadrupeds , birds , insects , & c . , common in the same latitude , are found in England . The nightingale is said to be not heard farther north than Yorkshire . The rivers ...
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... amount of the population of England and Wales prior to the year 1801 cannot be ascertained with any degree of certainty . McCulloch con- jectures that at the era of the conquest it amounted to about 2,150,000 ; Mr. Chalmers estimates ...
... amount of the population of England and Wales prior to the year 1801 cannot be ascertained with any degree of certainty . McCulloch con- jectures that at the era of the conquest it amounted to about 2,150,000 ; Mr. Chalmers estimates ...
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... amount . The latest additions have been made on the north and north - west , in St. Pancras , Finsbury , & c . The houses built here are of brick , chiefly supplied on the spot , and are generally faced with stucco . Few houses are of ...
... amount . The latest additions have been made on the north and north - west , in St. Pancras , Finsbury , & c . The houses built here are of brick , chiefly supplied on the spot , and are generally faced with stucco . Few houses are of ...
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Página 624 - ... often causes death. In the early years of the colony, want of good houses, the great fatigues and dangers of the settlers, their irregular mode of living, and the hardships and discouragements they met with, greatly helped the other causes of sickness, which prevailed to an alarming extent, and were attended with great mortality. But we look back to those times as to a season of trial long past, and nearly forgotten.
Página 467 - And be it enacted, that the Superintendence, Direction, and Control of the whole Civil and Military Government of all the said Territories and Revenues in India shall be and is "hereby vested in a GovernorGeneral and Counsellors, to be styled " The GovernorGeneral of India in Council.
Página 65 - Giant's Causeway, and composed of the broken ends of pillars once continuous to the top of the cliff. The colonnade is now for some distance upright and very grand, till the visitor reaches...
Página 625 - Cotton, coffee, indigo and the sugar-cane, are all the spontaneous growth of our forests; and may be cultivated, at pleasure, to any extent, by such as are disposed. The same may be said of rice, indian corn, guinea corn, millet, and too many species of fruits and vegetables to be enumerated.
Página 43 - Besides almost every metallic article which can be considered as curious, useful or ornamental, cut crystal is produced to a large extent, while certain branches of the cotton trade connected with hardware, as the making of the cloth for umbrellas, braces, girths, &.C., have also fixed themselves here, in order to facilitate the preparation of those articles.
Página 65 - ... indeed, without bestowing much time and study on this spot, is it possible to acquire or convey any notion of the grandeur and variety which it contains. The sides of the cave within are columnar throughout ; the columns being broken and grouped in many different ways, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses, which produce a picturesque effect, only to be imitated by careful study of every part. It requires a seaman's steadiness...
Página 52 - The middle part is continued in a straight line 1000 yards, and the two extremities incline towards the northern side of the straight part in an angle of about 120 degrees. This great work was begun, August 12, 1812. During its progress convincing proofs of its efficacy and utility were afforded. The expense of erecting the breakwater is estimated at £1,171,100.
Página 624 - Its inhabitants are as robust, as healthy, as long lived, to say the least, as those of any other country. Nothing like an epidemic has ever appeared in this Colony; nor can we learn from the natives, that the calamity of a sweeping sickness ever yet visited this part of the continent. But the change from a temperate to a tropical country is a...
Página 106 - In 1824 the north-west bastion was demolished to make room for the erection of a market ; and in 1826 the central western bastion was modified for the reception of Walker's Testimonial — an ornamental memorial both just and appropriate.
Página 626 - Judge, then, of the feelings with which we hear the motives and the doings of the Colonization Society traduced — and that, too, by men too ignorant to know what that Society has accomplished ; too weak to look through its plans and intentions; or too dishonest to acknowledge either. But, without pretending to any prophetic sagacity, we can certainly predict to that Society, the ultimate triumph of their hopes and labours ; and disappointment and defeat to all who oppose them. Men may theorize,...