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under the Spaniards, and of much buccaneering and futile attempts at _ 
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archives of the tre of Panama is an nt of former mining 
operations at the Mina Real, on the river Cana (a source of the 
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quartz-rock with veins of gold in it. As an agricultural country, Darien 
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emigrants can go out for £6 per head. The tracts to be colonized con- 
sist of high table-lands and elevated valleys (nearly 9,000 feet), with a 
temperate climate (50° to 80°) all the year. On the table-lands wheat 
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branch of the Savana, both Atlantic and Pacific were visible. he 
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3. On the Glacial Phenomena of the Neighborhood of Edinburgh, 
with some Remarks on the General ject ; by Mr. R. CHAMBERS, 
Ath m, No 1189.)—The author compares the glacial phenomena 
of Sco! th those of Sweden, with this difference, that in Scotland 
16 Surface has been masked, and many of the glacial mask- 
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