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'574 PIOAFSTTA'8 TOTAOE round the WORi. lK Ten leagues eaftward of Buru there is a ftill larger ifland, which is little diftant froni Giailoloy and is called Ambon * • It is inhabited by Moors and Gentiles; the former dwell near the fea, the other in the interior.
Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812
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On quitting this ifland, that is to fay the port, we fell in with a jiink coming from Burne.
Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812
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From them alfo we learnt that their ifland, which is not very large, is called Zuluan.
Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812
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On £ the fide of the ifland is a town of the iame name, wh '' 1 con. tains 5000 inhabitants.
The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797
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It occupies the whole ifland, which is near a mile in circuit, and is furroufided by the fev: ry half flood j and hence, alt low w?
The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797
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Thefe alfb abound in other parts of thft ifland, which is covered, in a manner, with a broad girdle rf woods but the tre«9 «U€ far from being of % 1 extra*
The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797
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The ifland, which is the moft populous pa»-t of the city, is a mile and a quarter in length, and three quarters of a, mile in breadth.
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States 1795
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This ifland, which is regularly inhabited, is in this rcfped: of greater dignity than any other upon the lake.
Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain; particularily the High-lands of Scotland.. 1789
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North-weftward of the ifland is the bay of Adexe, or, as it is pronounced, Adehe, where large fliips may anchor.
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They called it by the fame name which Mr. Stashlin has affixed to his large ifland, that is Alafchka.
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