Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia, Volume 1Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1816 |
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEYCHELLE ISLANDS AND BANK , AND ADMIRALTY ISLANDS . weighing about 300 pounds , and the islands are ... island , where is the principal , indeed , the only village , and the residence of the commandant ; and another on ...
AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEYCHELLE ISLANDS AND BANK , AND ADMIRALTY ISLANDS . weighing about 300 pounds , and the islands are ... island , where is the principal , indeed , the only village , and the residence of the commandant ; and another on ...
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... islands do not appear fit for the cultivation of any article of export but cotton , and but for very little of that . There is not an acre of level ground upon the whole island , and hardly any soil ; it is all mountainous , full of ...
... islands do not appear fit for the cultivation of any article of export but cotton , and but for very little of that . There is not an acre of level ground upon the whole island , and hardly any soil ; it is all mountainous , full of ...
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... islands . It seems of little conse- quence to them , as I do not think there are any five men of the whole who have an idea of ever quitting the island . The principal people bere say , their only reason for coming to settle at these ...
... islands . It seems of little conse- quence to them , as I do not think there are any five men of the whole who have an idea of ever quitting the island . The principal people bere say , their only reason for coming to settle at these ...
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... ISLANDS . Before I close , I shall beg leave to call your attention to the Admi- ralty Islands , lying a small distance to the S.W. of Seychelle Islands . This groupe is so exceedingly ill placed in all charts , both with res- pect to ...
... ISLANDS . Before I close , I shall beg leave to call your attention to the Admi- ralty Islands , lying a small distance to the S.W. of Seychelle Islands . This groupe is so exceedingly ill placed in all charts , both with res- pect to ...
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... island , which divided it , and impaired the effect of its stream . There were other islands and sand banks in the river ; but near the side where we stood , it came up to the edge , and seemed deep and rapid . While on the banks of the ...
... island , which divided it , and impaired the effect of its stream . There were other islands and sand banks in the river ; but near the side where we stood , it came up to the edge , and seemed deep and rapid . While on the banks of the ...
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Page 274 - They solemnly declare that the present Act has no other object than to publish, in the face of the whole world, their fixed resolution, both in the administration of their respective States, and in their political relations with every other Government, to take for their sole guide the precepts of that Holy Religion, namely, the precepts of Justice, Christian Charity, and Peace...
Page 169 - ... of the said territories, respectively; also to hire and occupy houses and warehouses for the purposes of their commerce; and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation, respectively, shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries, respectively.
Page 274 - Religion, namely, the precepts of Justice, Christian Charity and Peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the councils of Princes, and guide all their steps, as being the only means of consolidating human institutions and remedying their imperfections.
Page 170 - States, than are or shall be payable on the like articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country ; nor shall any higher or other duties or charges be imposed in either of the two countries, on the exportation of any articles to the United States, or to His Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, respectively, than such as are payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country...
Page 170 - No higher or other duties or charges shall be imposed in any of the ports of the United States on British vessels, than those payable in the same ports by vessels of the United States; nor in the ports of any of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe on the vessels of the United States, than shall be payable in the same ports on British vessels.
Page 170 - ... on the exportation of any articles, the growth, produce or manufacture of His Britannic Majesty's Territories in Europe, to the United States, whether such exportation shall be in vessels of the United States, or in British vessels...
Page 274 - Him to whom alone power really belongs, because in Him alone are found all the treasures of love, science, and infinite wisdom, that is to say, God, our Divine Saviour, the Word of the Most High, the Word of Life.
Page 191 - ORIENTAL MEMOIRS: selected and abridged from a Series of familiar Letters written during Seventeen Years Residence in India : including Observations on Parts of Africa and South America, and a Narrative of Occurrences in four India Voyages ; 4 vols.
Page 170 - States, in all articles of which the importation or exportation respectively, to or from the said territories, shall not be entirely prohibited. Provided only, that it shall not be lawful for them in any time of war between the British Government and any other Power or State whatever, to export from the said territories, without the special permission of the British Government there, any military stores, or naval stores, or rice.
Page 170 - And they shall pay no other or higher duties or charges, on the importation or exportation of the cargoes of the said vessels, than shall be payable on the same articles when imported or exported in British vessels.