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To the Eaft is a vaft plain rich in corn, adorned with VQodsy and watered with the river Forth, whofe meanders are, be* ibit it reaches the fea, io freqncnt and fo large, as to form a multi - tode of mod beautiful pcntnfulas; for in many parts the windings
The Monthly Review 1772
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We find from De Lifle's chart of me Eaft mdies, the following names of four little ftates in this country, Mian, Miflbl, Ogneo, and Noton.
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Here I found the greateft number of pigeons that ever I faw either in the Eaft or Weft Indies, and fmall cockles in the fea round the ifland, in fuch quantities that we might have laden the boat in an hour's time.
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In the chart of the Eaft Indies, publi/hed in 1709, by Moll, a city of this name is marked at the mouth of Frcfh river, in lat.?
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It is fo fituated, that a great trade might be carried on from thence through the whole Terra Auftralis on one fide, and the moft valuable iflands of the Eaft-Indies on the other.
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Thefe reafons, though entitled to due confideration, do not appear to be fufHcientlv 'ftrong to jullify the propofed reftridion, or the making a ciiftincUon, in that refpect', between fhips trading to the Eaft-Indies and to other countries.
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The Por - tuguefe, who, in their early time, ipread themfelves along all the fliores of the Eaft, explored every confiderable part of it, and they were followed by the Dutch, Englifli, and French Companies, with their numerous eftabiiihments, fome of which extended inland to the Upper India.
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It was from this period of time, that they began to take new - meafures j and having made their excellent fettlement at the Cape of Good Hope,. refolved to govern their trade to the Eaft Indies by thefe two capital maxims:, i.
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Smith, General Cecil, accountant to the Honourable United Company of JMerchaiits of England tniding to the Eaft Indies; — Claims for payments made to I'undry pei - fons, the immediate fervants of the late Nabob Omdut ul Omrah; and in preferring this claim it has been ftated, that a further claim for payments of ihi 'fame deicription will be hereafter made ......
Papers presented to the House of Commons, relating to East India Affairs 1812
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Being paft them, the wind died away, and we lay becalmed till the afternoon: then we had a hard tornado out of the fouth - weft, and towards the evening we faw two or three fpouts, the firft I had feeii fince I came into the Eaft Indies; in the Weft Indies I had often met with them.
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