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According to the New Bedford Standard, the American whalers numbered 722, measuring 230,218 tons, in 1846. On the 31st December, 1872, the number was reduced to 204, with a tonnage of 47,787 tons, and the importation of whale and sperm oil amounted in that year to 79,000 barrels.
Sergt. Pryor and Collins who set out this morning on a hunting excurtion did not return this evening. I killed a snake near our camp, it is 3 feet 11 Inches in length, is much the colour of the rattlesnake common to the middle atlantic states, it has no poisonous teeth. it has 218 scutae on the abdomen and fifty nine squamae or half formed scutae on the tail. the eye is of moderate size, the iris of a dark yellowish brown and puple black. there is nothing remarkable in the form of the head which is not so wide across the jaws as those of the poisonous class of snakes usually are. I preserved the skin of this snake.
His casualties of the day were thirty-six killed including three officers, and 218 wounded among whom were nine officers. The battle of Candahar brought to a close the latest of our Afghan wars. Sir Frederick Roberts quitted Candahar on the 9th September, and marched to Quetta with part of his division.
More specifically these breadwinners include 218,972 farm owners and 319,346 cash farm tenants and managers.
At Stratton, Cornwall, up to 1547, at any rate, if not later, ales were the chief source of income. Archaeologia, xlvi, 195-6. Also St. Anthony's Gild ales at Chagford. Devon Ass. for Adv. of Science, viii, 74 . Various persons at Milton Abbot sold ale and bread. Op. cit., vol. xi , 218. The same year in these acc'ts we find three conduit wardens mentioned. Butcher, The Parish of Ashburton, 41.
In Greece, Rome, and Peru there was a succession of festivals, connected with planting and reaping, running substantially through the year; other ceremonies, of course, stood side by side with them, but these were relatively few. +218+. Joyous festivals occur especially at the time of the ripening of crops and harvest.
How should there be eighteen copies, all different from the original, and from one another, in minor matters? We are compelled to translate "the eighteen schools," an expression well known in all Buddhist writings. See Rhys Davids' Manual, p. 218, and the authorities there quoted.
I gave my promise frankly, of course, and he then gave me the following sketch of Martial history: We date events from the union of all races and nations in a single State, a union which was formally established 13,218 years ago.
If possible, I was more puzzled than ever. At six-ten the runner whistled to show he had steam up. I told one of the brakemen to stay behind, and then went into 218. Mr.
"You don't need a couple of thousand dollars to start for Klondyke to-morrow by the Edmonton route. All you need is a good constitution, some experience in boating and camping, and about $150. Suppose a party of three decide to start. Total for three men from Hamilton to Fort Macpherson, provided they travel second-class on the C.P.R. will be $218.70. These figures are furnished by Mr.
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