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Title: Geography and history of the British colonies : to which are added a sketch of the various Indian tribes of British America, and brief biographical notices of eminent persons connected with its history
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Hodgins, J. George (John George), 1821-1912
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Publisher: Toronto : Maclear & co.
Contributing Library: The University of Western Ontario, Western Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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¢ < Dublin. Scotland.) (.Edinburgh. France Paris. Russia St.Petersburgh Austria Vienna. Prussia Berlin. Spain Madrid. . Country, Capital, I Sardinia Turin. Saxony Dresden. The Netherlands Amsterdam, Belgium Brussels. Hanover Hanover. (1) In America, the five British NorthAmerican Provinces, the Bermuda Isles, andseveral Islands of the West Indies: togetherwith the Colony of Balize and the RuatanBay Islands, British Guiana, the FalklandIsles, &c. (See pages 13, 114.) (2) In Europe, the Ionian Island de- pendencies and Malta, in the Mediterra-nean ; the Fortress and Town of Gibraltar,in Spain ; the Islands in the English Chan-nel ; and the Island of Hel-i-go-land in theNorth Sea. {Seepages 121, 122.) (3) In Asia, British India; Ceylon;Labuan ; the Isle of Perim; Aden, in Hxercises,âGive the islands, rivers, lakes, climate, productions, population, forms of religion,countries, and capitals of Europe. What is embraced in the British Empire ? THE BRITISH COLONIESâBRITISH EMPIRE,

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Arabia; and the Island of Hong Kong, off the coastof China. (Seepages 115, 116.) (4.) In Africa, the Colonies of Natal, Kaffraria,the Cape of Good Hope, and Sierra Leone, andither settlements on the coast of the Gulf ofiruinea [ghin-e]: together with the Islands of Ma-uritius [mau-rish6-us], Seychelles [sa shell], St.He-le-na, and Ascension off the east and west coast.I (/Sec pagef 119, 120.) (5) In Oceanlca, New South Wales, Victoria,and the other Colonies in Austraha; Tasmania, orNew Zealand ; and Norfolk Island. (PagesUl, 118.) (6) These Colonies, together with the Bri-tish Isles, constitute the British Empire. Theirimited area amounts to about 8,900,000 squaremiles, and their total population to upwards ofone hundred and seventy railllions. EED ENSIGN AND PEBTNAHT. [R. Eed.] 15. The British Islauds include the three kingdoms of England, Ireland, and Scotland, nowunited under one Sovereign and legislature. These islands are separated from Conti-nental Europe by the North Sea, the S

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