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But, among the islands, " the insatiable covetousness The Dutch 

 of the Hollanders" had won. The English had to be ^^ po y . 

 content with what then appeared the second-best. They islands, 

 withdrew to India, and built the Indian Empire. The 

 Dutch remained for a hundred and fifty years in complete 

 possession of the Australasian Oceans : and to them came 

 the opportunity of exploration in the South. 



