The British Colonial Library, [comprising a Popular and Authentic Description of All the Colonies of the British Empire, Their History--physical Geography--geology--climate--animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms--government--finance--military Defence--commerce--shipping--monetary System--religion--population, White and Coloured--education and the Press--emigration, Social State, &c.]: West Indies: comprising British Guiana, Barbadoes, St. Vincent's, St. Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, St. Christopher's, &c., &c. 1837 |
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... of ranges of sand - hills , about twenty miles inland , and rarely more than forty or fifty feet above the level of the rivers and creeks CHAPTER II Physical Aspect-Rivers, Mountains, Falls, &c Geology and Soil-Climate and Mortality,
... of ranges of sand - hills , about twenty miles inland , and rarely more than forty or fifty feet above the level of the rivers and creeks CHAPTER II Physical Aspect-Rivers, Mountains, Falls, &c Geology and Soil-Climate and Mortality,
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Robert Montgomery Martin. fifty feet above the level of the rivers and creeks ( some on the west bank of the Demerara river are from one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet high , and nearly perpendicular ) , the whole country inha ...
Robert Montgomery Martin. fifty feet above the level of the rivers and creeks ( some on the west bank of the Demerara river are from one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet high , and nearly perpendicular ) , the whole country inha ...
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... feet high , in four different ledges , and requiring an hour's hard labour to get over a space of about one hundred yards . The manner in which the falls are ascended is thus de- scribed by Mr. Hillhouse : - ' -The rapids do not run in ...
... feet high , in four different ledges , and requiring an hour's hard labour to get over a space of about one hundred yards . The manner in which the falls are ascended is thus de- scribed by Mr. Hillhouse : - ' -The rapids do not run in ...
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... feet above the level of the sea . At the thirty - fourth and last fall , named Teboco ( and the extreme southern limit of Mr. Hillhouse's expedition ) , a lofty mountain was observed due south , with a conical peak at the north ...
... feet above the level of the sea . At the thirty - fourth and last fall , named Teboco ( and the extreme southern limit of Mr. Hillhouse's expedition ) , a lofty mountain was observed due south , with a conical peak at the north ...
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Robert Montgomery Martin. FALLS . 15 thousand feet , when a perpendicular and cubical formation of quartz is the general superstructure to one thousand five hundred feet higher . From a little above Aramayka the chain of Merumah or St ...
Robert Montgomery Martin. FALLS . 15 thousand feet , when a perpendicular and cubical formation of quartz is the general superstructure to one thousand five hundred feet higher . From a little above Aramayka the chain of Merumah or St ...
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
Accawai acres Anguilla animal Antigua appearance Arrawaak Barbadoes Basseterre beautiful belly Berbice BERBICE RIVER bird body British Guiana brown called Caribisce Caribs Carlisle Charlotte Parish climate coast Coffee colonists colony colour Cotton covered creek cultivation Demerara and Essequibo Demerara river diameter ditto Dominica Dutch Earl English European exports feet Females fish French fruit Gallons George Town Government Governor green Grenada grey ground grows Guadaloupe guilders harbour head height Hillhouse hills houses inches long Indians inhabitants island isle Kiezers Kingstown Kitt's land leeward legs length Lucia Males miles Molasses Montserrat mountains negroes orange colour parish of St Plantains plantations Pomeroon river population possession rain resembling river settlements shape ships side slaves soil Souffriere species square miles sterling sugar tail timber tion Tortola Total tree tribes twenty vegetable Vincent West Indies wood yellow
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Strona 307 - Forthwith the sounds and seas, each creek and bay, With fry innumerable swarm, and shoals Of fish, that with their fins and shining scales Glide under the green wave, in sculls that oft Bank the mid sea...
Strona 319 - ... absolutely and for ever manumitted; and that the children thereafter to be born to any such persons, and the offspring of such children, shall in like manner be free from their birth ; and that from and after the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, SLAVERY shall be, and is hereby utterly and for ever ABOLISHED and declared unlawful throughout the BRITISH colonies, plantations, and possessions abroad.
Strona 185 - The exact date of the discovery of Barbados is not known. It is said to have been first visited by the Portuguese, who, finding it uninhabited and rude in appearance, named the isle Los Barbados, from the number of bearded fig-trees which they found.
Strona i - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Strona 64 - An iron pot is filled with sand, and set on the fire till the sand is very hot. Two or three pounds of the grain are then thrown in, and well mixed with the sand by stirring. Each grain bursts and throws out a white substance of twice its bigness.
Strona 222 - When forests are destroyed, as they are every where in America by the European planters, with an imprudent precipitation, the springs are entirely dried up, or become less abundant. The beds of the rivers, remaining dry during a part of the year, are converted into torrents, whenever great rains fall on the heights.
Strona 215 - Vast globular bodies of fire were seen projected from the fiery furnace, and bursting, fell back into it, or over it, on the surrounding bushes, which were instantly set in flames. About four hours from the lava boiling over the crater, it reached the sea, as we could observe from the reflection of the fire, and the electric flashes attending it.
Strona 115 - ... hothouses. Some of the species are also cultivated in tropical countries for their fruit, particularly those of which the fruit is known by the name Granadilla (qv). The fruit of P. edulis is also somewhat acid and of a pleasant flavour, and ices flavoured with it are delicious.
Strona 216 - ... though in some places as large as a man's head. This dreadful rain of stones and fire lasted upwards of an hour, and was again succeeded by cinders from three till six o'clock in the morning.