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... sugar- cane , grown in Spain , Italy , and Sicily . 1 From Quadrupeds we get not only our mutton , beef , game , venison , butter , cheese , and milk , but also wool , hides , tallow , skins , furs , hair , bristles , horn , and bone ...
... sugar- cane , grown in Spain , Italy , and Sicily . 1 From Quadrupeds we get not only our mutton , beef , game , venison , butter , cheese , and milk , but also wool , hides , tallow , skins , furs , hair , bristles , horn , and bone ...
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... sugar refining , soap boiling , iron and brass founding , being chief . It is still regarded as the commercial metropolis of the W. of England and S. Wales . Cheltenham is one of the most beautiful towns in England . Its mineral springs ...
... sugar refining , soap boiling , iron and brass founding , being chief . It is still regarded as the commercial metropolis of the W. of England and S. Wales . Cheltenham is one of the most beautiful towns in England . Its mineral springs ...
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... sugar , wool , tea , silk , timber , wine and spirits . These articles , therefore , constitute the bulk of our Imports . Obs . 2. The Exports consist almost wholly of manufactured goods - textile fabrics of all sorts , machinery ...
... sugar , wool , tea , silk , timber , wine and spirits . These articles , therefore , constitute the bulk of our Imports . Obs . 2. The Exports consist almost wholly of manufactured goods - textile fabrics of all sorts , machinery ...
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... sugar - refining and ship - building . It is the birthplace of James Watt . Paisley is famous for its shawl , silk , and cotton - thread manufactures . Pro- fessor Wilson , and Alexander Wilson , the ornithologist , were born here . Ayr ...
... sugar - refining and ship - building . It is the birthplace of James Watt . Paisley is famous for its shawl , silk , and cotton - thread manufactures . Pro- fessor Wilson , and Alexander Wilson , the ornithologist , were born here . Ayr ...
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... sugar- refining , gin - distilling , ship - building , and diamond - cutting . The chief exports are butter , cheese , fat cattle , and refined sugar : the chief imports , cottons , woollens , yarns , iron machinery , and colonial ...
... sugar- refining , gin - distilling , ship - building , and diamond - cutting . The chief exports are butter , cheese , fat cattle , and refined sugar : the chief imports , cottons , woollens , yarns , iron machinery , and colonial ...
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