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Page 137 - Five Years of a Hunter's Life In the Far Interior of South Africa. With Notices of the Native Tribes, and Anecdotes of the Chase of the Lion, Elephant, Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Rhinoceros, &c.
Page 155 - Monumental Inscriptions of the West Indies, from the Earliest Date, with Genealogical and Historical Annotations, &c., from Original, Local, and other Sources. Illustrative of the Histories and Genealogies of the Seventeenth Century, the Calendars of State Papers, Peerages, and Baronetages. With Engravings of the Arms of the principal Families.
Page 234 - Majesty shall be submitted to the arbitration and award of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany...
Page cxxv - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ; His OWN BOOK OF PRIVILEGES, 1502. PHOTOGRAPHIC FACSIMILE OF THE MANUSCRIPT IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE IN PARIS, NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLISHED, WITH EXPANDED TEXT, TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH, AND AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. THE TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION BY GEORGE F. BARWICK, BA, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Page 137 - BUNBURY'S (CJF) Journal of a Residence at the Cape of Good Hope; with Excursions into the Interior, and Notes on the Natural History and Native Tribes of the Country.
Page 160 - Rambles of a Naturalist on the Shores and Waters of the China Sea. Being Observations in Natural History during a Voyage to China, Formosa, Borneo, Singapore, &c., during 1866—67.
Page 146 - Terms ; a Glossary of Mercantile Terms in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish ; Tables of the Money, Weights, and Measures of the Principal Commercial Nations and their Equivalents in British Standards ; and Forms of Consular and Notarial Acts. Demy Svo, I2s.
Page 93 - THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA: from the first discovery of that vast continent by Sebastian Cabot, in 1497, to its present glorious establishment, as confirmed by the late treaty of peace, in 1763.
Page 125 - Report | on the | Geology and Resources | of the | region in the vicinity of | the fony-ninth parallel, | from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Page 155 - Description of the Island of Jamaica, with the other Isles and Territories in America to which the English are related...