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THE BRITISH COLONIES. 



In North America. — The Canadas, (Upper and Lower,) 

 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Cape Breton, and the 

 Islands of Prince Edward, Newfoundland, and Vancou- 

 ver's and Queen Charlotte ; with an area of more than 

 half a million of square miles, and two millions inhabit- 

 ants. We have also on the continent of North America, 

 the territories belonging to and under the control of, the 

 Hudson's Bay Company, extending from the^northern fron- 

 tier of Canada to the Frozen Ocean, and from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific, which comprises upwards of three millions 

 square miles, and a population of about one hundred 

 and twenty thousand. 



In South America. — Demarara, Essequibo, and Ber- 

 bice ; Honduras and the Falkland Islands. Area about 

 two hundred thousand square miles, population one hun- 

 dred and fifty thousand. 



In the West Indies. — The Islands of Jamaica, the 

 Caymans, Trinidad, Tobago, Barbadoes, St. Vincents, Gre- 

 nada, Antigua, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Christophers, 

 Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla, Tortola, and the Virgin Islands, 

 Providence and the Bahamas, and the Bermudas. Area 

 about twenty thousand square miles; population nearly 

 one million. 



In Africa. — The Cape of Good Hope and Natal, the 

 the Mauritius and Seychelle Islands, Aden, (in Arabia,) 

 Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Cape Coast Castle, Accra, and 



