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Page 18 - And now the cannons roar Along the affrighted shore; Our Nelson led the way, His ship the Vict'ry named; Long be that Vict'ry famed, For vict'ry crowned the day.
Page 166 - ... the rent at which the premises might reasonably be expected to let from year to year...
Page 212 - Persons possessing or working the land, and engaged in growing grain, fruits, grasses, animals, and other products, . 126,041
Page 46 - Now, the number of square inches of surface in a man of ordinary height and bulk is 2500 ; the number of pores, therefore, 7,000,000, and the number of inches of perspiratory tube 1,750,000, that is, 145,833 feet, or 48,600 yards, or nearly twenty-eight miles.
Page 157 - The streams, not yet limited to a channel, spread over sand-bars, tufted with copses of willow, or waded through wastes of reeds ; or slowly but surely undermined the groups of sycamores that grew by their side. The smaller brooks spread out into sedgy swamps, that were overhung by clouds of mosquitoes ; masses of decaying vegetation fed the exhalations with the seeds of pestilence, and made the balmy air of the summer's evening as deadly as it seemed grateful. Vegetable life and death were mingled...
Page 207 - On the neck, back, and thighs the huanacu is of a uniform reddish brown colour; the under part of the body, the middle line of the breast, and the inner side of the limbs are of a dingy white; the face is dark grey, and the lips of a clean white; the wool is shorter and coarser than that of the llama, and it is of nearly uniform length on all parts of the body. The...
Page 46 - To obtain an estimate of the length of tube of the perspiratory system of the whole surface of the body, I think that 2800 might be taken as a fair average of the number of pores in the square inch, and 700, consequently, of the number of inches in length. Now, the number of square inches of surface in a man of ordinary height and bulk is...
Page 267 - Commission appointed to inquire into the best mode of distributing the Sewage of Towns, and applying it to beneficial and profitable uses.
Page 166 - ... rates and taxes, and tithe commutation rentcharge (if any), and if the landlord undertook to bear the cost of the repairs, and insurance, and the other expenses (if any) necessary to maintain the premises in a state to command such rent...
Page 181 - Carry stones to drains, and for roads. Continue the feeding of live stock as directed last month. Oilcake will now begin to be used : it much hastens fattening, and greatly improves the quality of the dung. Break or bruise the cake, and place it in troughs. Oats and salt are beneficially used along with the cake.