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In his first voyage, Columbus kept the parallel of about 37° N. but was considerably farther south in his subsequent voyage.E.
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Flores is in lat. 39° 10', Corvo in 39° 35', both N.
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This is perhaps an error for 2000, as the larger quantity would amount to 10,000 tons.E.
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This effect on the iron is obviously occasioned by the muriatic acid in the sea spray; and were it not that the author expressly says they have no lime, one would be apt to believe that the stones so affected were limestone. There are, however, some cilicious sand-stones, in which the grit, or particles of sand, are cemented together by a calcareous infiltration, which may be the case in these islands.E.
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Harris has given a report of this law-suit at some length, but it did not seem necessary to give any more than the result, as quite uninteresting at the present day.E.