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Port Royal, with 10,000 inhabitants ; St. Pierre is still larger, with 20,000 

 inhabitants. 



c. The Spanish possess only two of the Virgin Islands, Passage and 

 Culebra Islands, 147 square statute miles, with 4000 inhabitants. 



d. Islands of the Netherlands, in all 252 square statute miles, with 20,000 

 inhabitants. 1. St. Martin, pop. 8000 : a portion of the island, with 3500 

 inhabitants, is French. 2. St. Eustache, 20-40 square statute miles, with 

 13,000 inhabitants, cap. St. Eustache. 3. Saha, 10 square statute miles, 

 with 3000 inhabitants. 4. Ciwassao, 178 square statute miles, pop. 14,000 ; 

 cap. Wilhelmstadt. 



e. The Danes possess three of the Virgin Isles, 178 square statute miles 

 in all, with 45,000 inhabitants: 1. St. Croix; 2, 'S'^. Thomas; 3, St. 

 Jean. 



III. The Bahamas owned by the English, about 500 in number, of which 

 only two are inhabited. Area of the whole, 4200 to 5250 square statute 

 miles, with a pop. of 25,000. The most important islands are New Provi- 

 dence, 168 square statute miles, pop. 8000, cap. Nassau : Abaco or Lucayo ; 

 Bahama Grande, 346 square statute miles, but uninhabited ; St. Salvadoi 

 or Guanahani, also called Cat Island, 336 square statute miles, the first land 

 discovered by Columbus ; Turk's Island ; Caicos. 



C. SOUTH AMERICA (Plate 31). 

 1. The Three Columbian Republics. 



The Republic of Columbia, established in 1819, became separated in 1830 

 into three smaller republics. 



a. New Grenada, the north-western part, 380,000 square statute miles, 

 pop. 1,687,000, divided into five departments ; the cap. is Santa Fe de 

 Bogota, with 40,000 inhabitants. 



h. Venezuela, 450,000 square statute miles, divided into thirteen provinces ; 

 pop. about one million, of which 300,000 are whites, 480,000 mixed, 48,000 

 negro slaves, 4000 subjected Indians, 50,000 free do., &c. ; cap. Caraccas, 

 with 45,000 inhabitants. Here belongs the West Indian island. La Mar- 

 garita or Margaretha, 399 square statute miles, with 14-19,000 inhabitants, 

 together with several other smaller islands. 



c. Ecuador or Quito, area 325,000 square statute miles, pop. 325,000, 

 formerly divided into three departments, now into eight provinces ; cap. 

 Quito, with 70-80,000 inhabitants. 



2. Guyana or Guiana. 



By this is to be understood the territory belonging to England, France, 

 and the Netherlands, situated between Venezuela and Brazil, with an area 



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