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Example sentences for "that island"

  • The Moros of Luzon are very shrewd traders, and are skilful in alloying the gold which they obtain in that island.

  • I have gathered articles of barter, in order to send a commander of troops to Mindanao for next year's barter; then I will advise you of what is in that island.

  • That island, about 40 leagues from Malacca, is forty leagues in circumference, having two strong castles, and its rivers staked to prevent the access of ships, so that it was considered as almost impregnable.

  • Arriving at the port of St Sebastian in the island of Madagascar, he run along the coast of that island, using a Portuguese as his interpreter, who had been left there[110] and had acquired the language.

  • Attempts have been made at different periods by the Russians to open up a trade with Japan; and, indeed, one purpose of the voyage which Captain Krusenstern undertook, was to conciliate the emperor or government of that island.

  • Account of that Island, and of its Produce.

  • Account of that Island, and Transactions there, X.

  • Range from Christmas Sound, round Cape Horn, through Strait Le Maire, and round Staten Land; with an Account of the Discovery of a Harbour in that Island, and a Description of the Coasts.

  • Barbuda is under the government of Antigua, and accordingly the act of entire emancipation extended to that island.

  • Should Waally leave a portion of his people on that island, a collision must occur, sooner or later; there being a moral impossibility of the two colonies continuing friends while so near each other.

  • Insects furnish us with similar facts wherever sufficient data are to be had, but owing to the abundant collections that have been made in Java, an unfair preponderance may be given to that island.

  • This change, however, occurs about the middle of Java, the eastern portion of that island having as strongly marked seasons as Lombock and Timor.

  • Ferns are abundant, but are not so varied as on the volcanic mountains of Java; and Tree-ferns are neither so plentiful nor so large as on that island.

  • And he had spoken admirably and very strongly indeed to us, about the death of Stephen, and then he went up ashore on that island Nukapu.

  • We saw a pleasant party at Bligh Island, brought away one young man from that island, and two lads belonging to a neighbouring small island called Eowa.

  • NOTE 2] I will tell you a wonderful thing about the Palace of the Lord of that Island.

  • And it came to pass that there arose a north wind which blew with great fury, and caused great damage along the coasts of that Island, for its harbours were few.

  • Pigafetta tells it of the people of Gilolo, and Varthema in his account of Java (which I fear is fiction) ascribes it to some people of that island.

  • Mr. St. John in Borneo met with a trader who had seen and felt the tails of such a race inhabiting the north-east coast of that Island.

  • To myself I said: "Oh, that island, that island!

  • Now "that island" was an unfortunate subject, and I was not prepared to break the resolution I had made of prudently holding my tongue about its peculiar institutions.

  • At an early period of the present year remonstrances were made to the governor of that island, by an agent who was sent for the purpose, against those outrages on the peaceful commerce of the United States, of which many had occurred.

  • The call supposes something peculiar in the nature of the Government of that island and in the character of its population, to which attention is due.

  • But you must go; for you know it would not comport with my dignity, to be indebted to the king of that island.

  • We marched till we came to the capital of Serendib, for it was in that island I had landed.

  • After we had finished our traffic in that island, we put to sea again, and touched at several other ports; at last I arrived happily at Bagdad with infinite riches, of which it is needless to trouble you with the detail.

  • Years before a curse had fallen upon the people of that island, putting strife between the men and the women.

  • Deep blue water was all around that island, and on its height a marble house was to be seen.

  • They came to an island that they knew to be that Island of Lemnos that they had passed on the first days of the voyage, and they resolved to rest there for a while, and then to press on for the passage into the Sea of Pontus.

  • In addition to its consular representation in the United States, the Spanish Government has appointed consuls for Cuba, who have been provisionally recognized during the military administration of the affairs of that island.


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