The Calcutta Review, Volumes 64-65University of Calcutta, 1877 |
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Page 188
... island bore but little re- semblance to the actively commercial and busily intellectual country it now is . The only article of export of commercial importance was cinnamon . This was a monopoly in the hands of Government , and upon ...
... island bore but little re- semblance to the actively commercial and busily intellectual country it now is . The only article of export of commercial importance was cinnamon . This was a monopoly in the hands of Government , and upon ...
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... island about three hundred miles to the east of the Isle of France . Still neither the English Government nor the ... island without opposition , the 4th August . They kept the French gardeners to grow vegetables on its soil , whilst ...
... island about three hundred miles to the east of the Isle of France . Still neither the English Government nor the ... island without opposition , the 4th August . They kept the French gardeners to grow vegetables on its soil , whilst ...
Page 241
... island . It was known that the French squadron charged with the protection of the two islands , and con- sisting of the Bellone and Minerve frigates , and the sloop Victor , was absent on a cruise in the Indian seas . Mr. Farquhar , the ...
... island . It was known that the French squadron charged with the protection of the two islands , and con- sisting of the Bellone and Minerve frigates , and the sloop Victor , was absent on a cruise in the Indian seas . Mr. Farquhar , the ...
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