This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ...lands produce barley in great plenty; wheat is cultivated in the strongest soils; and turnips are grown here in great quantities: much buck-wheat is also grown in the light soiU, and used for feeding swine and poultry. The fenny parts yield great quantities of butter; which is sent to London under the name of Cambridge ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ...lands produce barley in great plenty; wheat is cultivated in the strongest soils; and turnips are grown here in great quantities: much buck-wheat is also grown in the light soiU, and used for feeding swine and poultry. The fenny parts yield great quantities of butter; which is sent to London under the name of Cambridge butter. The sheep are a hardy small breed, much valued for their mutton. Turkeys are reared here to a larger size than elsewhere; rabbits are extremely numerous on the sandy heaths; and there is abundance of game especially of pheasants. The manufactures of Norfolk are worsted, woollen, and Bilks, Its principal rivers arc the Great Ouse, Nen, Little Ouse, Waveney, Yare, and Bure. Norwich is the capital. Norfolk Island, island in the Pacific Ocean, lying E of New South Wales, and settled by a colony of convicts, subordinate to that government. It was discovered in 1774, by captain Cook, who found it uninhabited, except by birds. It is very hilly, but some of the valleys are tolerably large. Mount Pitt, the only remarkable hill 12,000 feet high. The whole island is covered by a. thick forest, but has not much underwood; and the principal timber tree is the pine, which is very useful in building, and seems to be durable. The soil, when cleared, may be rendere d very productive. The spring is perceptible in August; but the traes are in a constant succession of flowering and fruiting the year round. In summer the heat is excessive; and from February to August may be called the rainy season i and the winter, from April to July, is very pleasant. The island is supplied with many streams of good water, which abound with very fine eel9. The cliffs round the coast are 240 feet high, quite perpendicular; and anchorage is safe all round the island, on ta...
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Add this copy of Darby's Edition of Brookes' Universal Gazetteer; Or, a to cart. $125.00, good condition, Sold by DogStar Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lancaster, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1823 by Bennett & Walton.
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Very Good- Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 1261 pages; Darby's American edition from Brooke's 1819 London edition. Very stout 8vo bound in full calf with red morocco title label to spine. Quite soundly bound and externally attractive. Page stock thickened at front edge. Lacking the map of the United States. Viii, 1119; 133, [1] pp. Light damp evidence to first and last few leaves. Moderate toning and foxing throughout; silverfish predation to edges of pastedowns and top edge of last few leaves. Light pitting from silverfish to front edge. Well bound and solid copy. Includes the 133 page appendix containing Declaration of Independence, National and State Constitutions and amendments. VG-...Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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