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Title: The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies

Author: Robert Gordon Latham

Release Date: February 16, 2010 [EBook #31296]

Language: English

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THE
ETHNOLOGY
OF
THE BRITISH COLONIES
AND
DEPENDENCIES.

BY
R. G. LATHAM, M.D., F.R.S.,
CORRESPONDING MEMBER TO THE ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY, NEW YORK,
ETC. ETC.

[Device]

LONDON:
JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW.

M.DCCC.LI.

LONDON:
Printed by SAMUEL BENTLEY and CO.,
Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

DEPENDENCIES IN EUROPE.
PAGE
Heligoland and the Frisians.--Gibraltar and the Spanish Stock.--
Malta.--The Ionian Islands.--The Channel Islands. 1

CHAPTER II.