A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... trade , now occupying above 100 barges , would be much increased if the navigation were improved . A few small craft go 24 m . higher , as far as Villabella ; but the stream is rapid , and the bed much impeded with sand and rocks . The ...
... trade , now occupying above 100 barges , would be much increased if the navigation were improved . A few small craft go 24 m . higher , as far as Villabella ; but the stream is rapid , and the bed much impeded with sand and rocks . The ...
Page 31
... trade . It is carried on at present as it was 3 , CCO years ago , wholly by caravans . These consist of an indefinite number ef camels , seldom less than 500 , and often as many as from 1,500 to 2,000 . They do not follow a direct ...
... trade . It is carried on at present as it was 3 , CCO years ago , wholly by caravans . These consist of an indefinite number ef camels , seldom less than 500 , and often as many as from 1,500 to 2,000 . They do not follow a direct ...
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... trade of Timbuctoo . It was heightened by the conquest of that city by the emperor of Morocco in the end of the six- teenth century . In 1618 , an English company was formed for the purpose of penetrating thither , by ascending the ...
... trade of Timbuctoo . It was heightened by the conquest of that city by the emperor of Morocco in the end of the six- teenth century . In 1618 , an English company was formed for the purpose of penetrating thither , by ascending the ...
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... trade . The slaves sold in its markets were brought from Georgia , Mingrelia , Imeritia , & c .; and being conveyed to the nearest ports on the Black Sea , were shipped for Con- stantinople and Alexandria . This commerce is now entirely ...
... trade . The slaves sold in its markets were brought from Georgia , Mingrelia , Imeritia , & c .; and being conveyed to the nearest ports on the Black Sea , were shipped for Con- stantinople and Alexandria . This commerce is now entirely ...
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... Trade . Previously to the occupation of Al- giers by the French , the established rates of duty were 5 and 10 per cent . on imported articles , ac- cording to the stipulations in the treaties with the countries of which they were the ...
... Trade . Previously to the occupation of Al- giers by the French , the established rates of duty were 5 and 10 per cent . on imported articles , ac- cording to the stipulations in the treaties with the countries of which they were the ...
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