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Title: A new system of geography: or, A general description of the world. Containing a particular and circumstantial account of all the countries, kingdoms, and states of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America... With the birds, beasts, reptiles, insects, the various vegetables, and minerals, found in different regions
Year: 1770 (1770s)
Authors: Fenning, Daniel Collyer, Joseph, d. 1776
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: London Printed for J. Payne
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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while (fie lives, nei-ther her hufband nor her fons have any thing to do withthe affairs of government; nor is fhe under any oblig.itionto burn herfelf when her hufband dies. The people here pay fuch obedience to the l.iws ofjuftice and humanity, that robbery and murder are hard-ly ever heard of among them, and a (tranger may pafsthrough the country with the utmoft fafety. However,no man is permitted to ride either on an elephant, ahorfe, or a mule, except the officers of ftate and fol-diers; but others are allowed to ride on buffaloes andoxen ; nor arc any permitted to have umbrellas cairiedover them by their fi-rvants; but if they are incommod-ed by the fun, or the rain, they themfelves rouft canythem ; but in every other relpedt their liberty is not re-flraincd. The next poit to the fouthward of Onoar is Bataraia,where are the remains of a large city that ftands 0.1 a(mall river about four miles from the fea. The countryproduces a con(idcrab)e quantity of pejipcr, and the Enj- liOi
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Inmost A :^. A 2 liih company h;.J formerly a fartorv there; \>»t aboutthi. ye;ir rOyo an Enjjiifh Ihip which c;irr,e to trade therehi.viiig a tine Englilh bull-dog, the chief of the fadtor)beggetl liiiii of the captain. Soon iifler the fliip had failcj,l!i= fiLlory, which confirted of eighteen per Ions, goinga hunting, unfortunalel) took, tlie buli-dog with th.eni,and pafling through the town, tiie do^ (eized a cowand killed her. The priefts, greatly enraged at this pro-fanation, incited the mob to revenge the facrcd animal,which they did bv murdering the whole fa»ilory ; butfoine of the nati^es, who were friends to tiie Knglilh,due; a large grave and buried them ail in it. Afterwardsthe chief of the Englifli factory caufed a ftone to beplaced over the grave, on which was this infcription.* This is the burial-place, of John Bert, and feventeen• other Engliflimen, who were facrificed to the fury ol a mnd priefthood and an enraged mob. After thisthe Englifh never fettled there,

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