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CAPE BLAN'CO, on the north coaft of the ifland of 
Ccrfica, a little to the weft of Cape Corfo. 
CAPE BLAN'CO, on the fouth coaft of the ifland of 
Corfu. Lat. 39. 28. N. Ion. 37. 50. E. Ferro. 
CAPE BLAN'CO, on the fouth-weft coaft of the ifle 
cf Cyprus, in the Mediterranean. Lat. 35. 12. N. Ion. 
32. 15. E. Greenwich. 
CAPE BLAN'CO, a cape of Spain, on the coaft of Af- 
turia. Lat. 43. 26. N. Ion. 9. 52. E. Peak of Tenerifte. 
CAPE BLAN'CO, on the weft coaft of the ifland of 
Ivipa. Lat. 39. 2. N. Ion. 18. 2. E. Peak of Tenerifte. 
CAPE BLAN'CO, on the fouth coaft of the ifland of 
Majorca. Lat. 39. 22. N. Ion. 19. 28. E. Tenerifte. 
CAPE BLOW-ME-DOWN, the lbuthem fide of the 
entrance from the bay of Fundy into the balin of Minas, 
and the eafternrnoft termination of a range of mountains, 
extending about eighty or ninety miles to the gut of Ana- 
polis, bounded north by the fhores of the bay of Fundy, 
and fouth by the fhores of Anapolis river. 
CAPE BLUFF, on the eaft coaft of Labrador. Lat. 
53. N. Ion. 55. 30.W. Greenwich. 
CAPE BOEV', on the weft coaft of Sicily,in the Medi¬ 
terranean. Lat. 37. 51. N. Ion. 30. 13. E. Ferro. 
CAPE BOGACHU'A, on the fouth-eaft of Arabia : 
150 miles fouth-weft of Cape Fartafh. Lat. 14. 15. N. 
ion. 48. 15. E. Greenwich. 
CAPE BOJADOR', a cape of Africa, on the weft 
coaft, in the Atlantic. Lat. 26. 34. N. Ion. 14.W. Gr. 
CAPE BON, or Ras-Adder, a cape of Africa, in the 
Mediterranean, on the north-eaft coaft of Tunis. Lat. 37. 
20. N. Ion. 11. 30. E. Greenwich. 
CAPE BONAN'DRIA, a cape of Africa, on the coaft 
of Barbary, in the Mediterranean. Lat. 32. 20. N. Ion. 
23. 14. B. Greenwich. 
CAPE BONAVIS'TA, on the eaft coaft of Newfound¬ 
land. Lat. 47. 43'. N. Ion. 52. 40/W. Greenwich. 
CAPE BRA'S A, a cape of America, on the north coaft 
of the ifthmus of Darien. . Lat. 9. 22. N. Ion. 80. 10. W. 
Greenwich. 
CAPE BREDANACH', a cape of Scotland, on the 
w eft coaft of the ifland of Rum. 
CAPE BRETON', an ifland of North America, in the 
gulf of St. Lawrence, called by the French Lcs Jles de Ma¬ 
dame , but which lie fo contiguous, that they are com¬ 
monly called but one: fituated about 45 leagues to the 
eaftward of Halifax. According to the recent geography 
of Dr. Morfe, it is about 109 miles in length, and from 
twenty to eighty-four in breadth ; and is feparated from 
Nova-Scotia by a narrow ftrait, called the Gut of Canfo , 
which is the communication between the Atlantic Ocean 
and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is furrounded with lit¬ 
tle ftiarp-pointed rocks', feparated from each other by the 
waves, above which fome of their tops are vifible, and in¬ 
terfered with lakes and rivers. The great Brafsd’Or is 
a very extenfive fliect of water, which forms into arms and 
branches, and opens an eafy communication with all parts 
of the ifland. All its harbours are open to the eaft, turn¬ 
ing towards the fouth. On the other parts of the coaft 
there are but a few anchoring places for final! vetfels, in 
creeks, or between itlets. The harbour of St. Peter’s, at 
the weft end of the ifland, is a very commodious place for 
carrying on its fifliery, which is invaluable. Tbereis a great 
proportion of arable land on this ifland, and it abounds in 
timber and hard wood, fuch as pine, beach, birch, maple, 
fprij.ce, and fir. 
Cape Breton may be confidered as the key to Canada, 
and the very valuable fifliery in its neighbourhood depends 
for its prote&ion on the pofteftion of this ifland ; as no na¬ 
tion can carry it on without fome convenient harbour of 
tlrength to fupply and proteCf it; and Louitbourg is the 
principal one for thefe purpofes. The peltry trade was 
ever a very ineonfiderubie objeCt. It confifted only in the 
{kins of a few lynxes, elks, mufk-rats, wild cats, bears, 
otters, and foxes, both of a red, filver, and grey, colour. 
Some of thefe were procured from a colony ct Micmac in- 
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dians, who had fettled on the ifland with the French, and 
never could raife more than fixty men able to bear arms. 
■ The reft came from St.John’s on the neighbouring conti¬ 
nent. Greater advantages are now derived from the coal¬ 
mines,which are fituated near the entrance of the harbour; 
the working of which, and the fifliery, are the chief em¬ 
ployment of the inhabitants. They lie in a horizontal di¬ 
rection : and, being no more than fix or eight feet below 
the furface, may be worked without digging deep, or 
draining off the waters. Notwithftanding the prodigious 
demand for this coal from New England, from the year 
1743 to 1749, thefe mines would probably have been for- 
faken, had not the fliips which were ferit out to the French 
iflands wanted ballaft. In one of thefe mines a fire has 
been kindled, which could never yet be extinguished. 
Thefe mines yield a revenue of 12,000!. yearly to Great- 
Britain. In 1743,while this ifland belonged to the French, 
they caught 1,149,000 quintals of dry fifti, and 3,500,000 
quintals of mud-fifh; the value of both which, including 
3,1 i6a tons of train oil, drawn from the blubber, amounted 
to 926,577k ros. ftcrling, according to the prime coft of 
the fifn at Newfoundland. The whole value of this trade 
annually, at that period, amounted to a million fterlihg. 
No lefs than 564 fliips, befldes fltallops, and 27,0.00 feamen, 
were employed in this trade. A.t prefent, the inhabitants 
of this ifland take about 30,000 quintals of fifti, annually, 
which are {flipped for Spain and the Straits,,principally 
by merchants from Jerfey and Guernfey, who annually re- 
fort here, and keep fiores of fupplies for the fifhermen. 
Though various fifhermen had long reforted to this 
ifland every fummer, the French, who took pofteftion of it 
in Auguft, 1713, were properly the firft fettled inhabitants. 
They changed its name into that of Ife Royale, and fixed 
upon Fort Dauphin for their principal (ettlement. fa 
1720 thp fortifications of Louilbourg were begun.. The 
other fettl.ements were at Port Tou.loufe, Neruka, Ac. 
The ifland remained in the pofteftion of the French till 
1745, v\ hen it was captured by the American New England! 
militia, under the command of colonel Pepperell, aftifted, 
by a fquadron under commodore Warren. It was after¬ 
wards reftored to the French, and again taken in 1758, by 
admiral Bofcawen and general Amhertl; when the garri-i 
fon, confiding of 5600 men, were made prifoners; and 
eleven men of war in the harbour were either taken, funk, 
burnt, or deftroyed ; and it was finally ceded to Great Bri¬ 
tain by the peace of 1763. This ifland was confidered as 
annexed to Nova-Scotia, in refpedf to matters of govern¬ 
ment, till 17S4, when it was erected into a feparate govern¬ 
ment, by the name of Sydney. Here are about 3000 inha¬ 
bitants, who have a lieutenant-governor refident among 
them, appointed by the king. The principal towns are 
Sydney, the capital, and Louilbourg, which has the belt 
harbour in the ifland. The prefent feat of government is 
at Spanifh river, on the north fide of the ifland. 
CAPE BRETON', on the eaft coaft of tlie ifland of tire 
fame name. Lat. 45-.55.N. ion. 59, 40. W. Greenwich, 
CAPE BREL ON', a town of France, in the department 
of the Lower Pyrenees: three leagues north of Bayontie, 
C ABRETT, on the eaft coaft of the northernmofi 
ifland of New' Zealand, Lat. 35. 3o. S. ion, 374. 37. E. 
Greenwich. 
CAPE BRIS'TOL, a cape of South Georgia, in the 
Southern Atlantic Ocean. Lat, 59. 2. N, Ion. 26. 53, W, 
Greenwich. 
CAPE BRQYJJE, a cane of Newfoundland, on tire raft 
coaft. Lat. 46. 55. N. ion. 52. 36. W, Greenwich, 
CAPE BUL'LKR, a point of land on the eaft coaft of 
New Britain. Lat 5. S, Ipn, 151. 20. E. Greenwich. 
CAPE BUL'LEK, a cape of South America, on 
coaft of 'fcrra-del-Fuego, Lat. 53.58. S, Jon. 67. 40, W. 
Greenwich. 
r CAPE BUL'LER, a cape of South Gf>orgia, Lat, 57. 
58. S. Ion. 37.40. W. Greenwich. 
CAPE BUL'LER, or. the coaft of New Britain, in the 
EafteVu Indian Ocean, Lat, 4.5(3. S, Ion. 3 33. 23.E- Gr, 
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