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The difference in the freights in the three kingdoms may be seen by a comparison of the average rate per ton of merchandise in the year 1900 In England In Scotland In Ireland 4s. 10.26d. 4s. 11.64d. 6s. 7.90d. In the decade from 1890-1900 the figure in England and Wales decreased 8.79d., in Scotland 1.7d., and in Ireland increased by 1.92d.
On the 6th of July they were in latitude 79d 56m 39s; longitude 9d 43m 30s E. The next day, about the place where most of the old discoverers had been stopped, the RACEHORSE was beset with ice; but they hove her through with ice-anchors. Captain Phipps continued ranging along the ice, northward and westward, till the 24th; he then tried to the eastward.
There is a monastery, containing perhaps 600 or 700 monks, in which there is a place where a Pratyeka Buddha used to take his food. The ground also where he dried his clothes produces no grass, but the impression of them, where they lay on it, continues to the present day. The name is still remaining in Samkassam, a village forty-five miles northwest of Canouge, lat. 27d 3s N., lon. 79d 50s E.
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