An Essay On Colonization, Particularly Applied To The Western Coast Of Africa, With Some Free Thoughts On Cultivation And Commerce: Also Brief Descriptions Of The Colonies Already Formed, Or Attempted, In Africa, Including Those Of Sierra Leona And Bulama : In Two Parts, Volume 1Selbstverl., 1794 - 196 pages |
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... rivers , fhould yet have no navigation ; ftreams penetrating into the the very centre of the country , but of no benefit to it . In fhort , Africa , though a full quarter of the globe , stored with an inexhauftible treasure , and ...
... rivers , fhould yet have no navigation ; ftreams penetrating into the the very centre of the country , but of no benefit to it . In fhort , Africa , though a full quarter of the globe , stored with an inexhauftible treasure , and ...
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... rivers , which rife and fall , in the wet and dry feafons , are evident proofs that that continent is abundantly ... River Gambia , it is in general very fandy ; but the fand contains a very large admixture of broken fhells , and is ...
... rivers , which rife and fall , in the wet and dry feafons , are evident proofs that that continent is abundantly ... River Gambia , it is in general very fandy ; but the fand contains a very large admixture of broken fhells , and is ...
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... river to Rio Nunez , which is equalled by few foils , and ex- celled by none , on the face of the globe * . His ... rivers are in many Rice * When at Paris in 1787 , I had daily opportunities of converfing with that re- fpectable old ...
... river to Rio Nunez , which is equalled by few foils , and ex- celled by none , on the face of the globe * . His ... rivers are in many Rice * When at Paris in 1787 , I had daily opportunities of converfing with that re- fpectable old ...
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... rivers , which glide flowly through a level country , being mixed with those of the fea and of the marshes which it overflows , are impregnated with falt , and rendered turbid by various impurities ; yet some of them require but little ...
... rivers , which glide flowly through a level country , being mixed with those of the fea and of the marshes which it overflows , are impregnated with falt , and rendered turbid by various impurities ; yet some of them require but little ...
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... rendering putrid water fit to drink , has been lately made by a Mr. Lowitz . Six ounces of charcoal powder , thrown into five gallons of V. putrid river water , and agitated , is fufficient putrid 30 CLIMATE , SOIL , AND WATER .
... rendering putrid water fit to drink , has been lately made by a Mr. Lowitz . Six ounces of charcoal powder , thrown into five gallons of V. putrid river water , and agitated , is fufficient putrid 30 CLIMATE , SOIL , AND WATER .
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Africa againſt alfo almoſt alſo Angola anſwer beſt Britiſh Bulama buſineſs CANARIES Cape Verd cauſes CHAP chiefs civilized climate coaft coaſt coloniſts colonization of Africa colony commerce commodities confiderable cotton Count cultivation diſeaſes Dutch Eaft Eaſt Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhment Europe European expenſe faid fame fays feems fent fettlement fettlers fhall fhips filk fimilar firſt fituation flave-trade flaves focial fociety foil fome foon France French fuch fufficient fugar fupply fupport furniſh governor himſelf houſes increaſed induſtry inhabitants intereſt iſlands itſelf Jamaica juſt labour land laſt leaſt MADAGAS Madagaſcar Madeira moſt muſt nations natives neceffary neceſſary negroes obſerved perfons plough Portugal Portugueſe preſent preſerve Privy Council's produce purpoſe raiſe reaſon reſpect ſay ſeems ſeen Senegal ſent ſeveral ſhall ſhips ſhort ſhould ſmall Sofala ſome ſpirit ſtate ſubject ſuch ſyſtem Tenerife themſelves theſe theſe iſlands thofe thoſe tion trade uſe Weft Weſt Indian Weſt Indies whoſe