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ROCHEFOUCAULD-LIANCOURT, DUC DE. Travels through the United States of America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. SCHOEPF, JOHANN DAVID. Reise durch der Mittlern und Sudlichen Vereinigten Nordamerikanischen Staaten nach Ost-Florida und den Bahama Inseln unternommen in den Jahren 1783 und 1784. Gives general impressions.
In 1837 they had been connected with the mainland, and had nearly doubled in area. Inseln u.
Besides this, the weight of the dikes gradually sinks them into the soft soil beneath, and this loss of elevation must be compensated by raising the surface, while the increased burden thus added tends to sink them still lower. J. G. Kohl, Inseln und Marschen Schleswig's und Holstein's, ii., p. 394. The original cost of the dikes of Pelworm is not stated.
They look upon it as their best defence against Neptune. They have connected it with their system of dikes, and for years have kept sentries posted to protect it against wanton injury." J. G. Kohl, Die Inseln u.
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