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Page 74
... inhab . who are descendants of the Wendes , are indus- trious and are almost all Lutherans . ALTENBURG , the cap . of the above principality , 24 m . S.S.E. Leipsic , near the Pleisse . Lat . 50 ° 50 ′ N. , long . 22 ° 27 ' E. Pop ...
... inhab . who are descendants of the Wendes , are indus- trious and are almost all Lutherans . ALTENBURG , the cap . of the above principality , 24 m . S.S.E. Leipsic , near the Pleisse . Lat . 50 ° 50 ′ N. , long . 22 ° 27 ' E. Pop ...
Page 115
... inhab . depend sented formal remonstrances against mending the road , and the government was weak enough to yield to their clamours . The person carried in a chair by a carguero , must remain several hours motionless , and leaning ...
... inhab . depend sented formal remonstrances against mending the road , and the government was weak enough to yield to their clamours . The person carried in a chair by a carguero , must remain several hours motionless , and leaning ...
Page 149
... inhab . of the archip . are clothed in cotton , mostly woven by themselves : silk they never wore generally , nor was the silkworm ever cultivated by them : their loom they have derived from the Hindoos . They know how to work many of ...
... inhab . of the archip . are clothed in cotton , mostly woven by themselves : silk they never wore generally , nor was the silkworm ever cultivated by them : their loom they have derived from the Hindoos . They know how to work many of ...
Page 154
... inhab . ( Voyage dans la Grèce , i . 339. ) Mr. Hughes , who visited the town soon after its capture in 1813 , states that it was supposed to contain about 15,000 inhab . , which corresponds pretty closely with Pouqueville's es- timate ...
... inhab . ( Voyage dans la Grèce , i . 339. ) Mr. Hughes , who visited the town soon after its capture in 1813 , states that it was supposed to contain about 15,000 inhab . , which corresponds pretty closely with Pouqueville's es- timate ...
Page 155
... inhab . was 10,764 ; of whom 3,586 were of the E. church , 1,532 Prot . dis . , and 5,546 R. Catholics . The number of houses in 1831 was 1,372 , giving an average of 6-902 inhab . to a house . It is well built , chiefly of a hard ...
... inhab . was 10,764 ; of whom 3,586 were of the E. church , 1,532 Prot . dis . , and 5,546 R. Catholics . The number of houses in 1831 was 1,372 , giving an average of 6-902 inhab . to a house . It is well built , chiefly of a hard ...
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