. The earth and its inhabitants .. . G3°io West or breenwich 0 to 5 Fathnms. Depths. 5 to 12 Fathoms 12 Fathoms and upwards. 3 Miles. attracts some shipping. P/iilipsbiirg {Philishirg), the Dutch town, lies on a narrow bjach between the semicircular southern bay and a vast salt-pan worked by a Franco-Dutch coinp.'iny, St. Bartholomew. Tliis islet, familiarly called St. Bart, occupies the southern extremity of the bank on which stand Anguilla and St. Martin. It develops a crescent scarcely « miles long from east to west, and not more than 8 square miles in extent, culminating in the centre in a

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. The earth and its inhabitants .. . G3°io West or breenwich 0 to 5 Fathnms. Depths. 5 to 12 Fathoms 12 Fathoms and upwards. 3 Miles. attracts some shipping. P/iilipsbiirg {Philishirg), the Dutch town, lies on a narrow bjach between the semicircular southern bay and a vast salt-pan worked by a Franco-Dutch coinp.'iny, St. Bartholomew. Tliis islet, familiarly called St. Bart, occupies the southern extremity of the bank on which stand Anguilla and St. Martin. It develops a crescent scarcely « miles long from east to west, and not more than 8 square miles in extent, culminating in the centre in a limestone hill 1,000 feet high. The capital bears the Swedish name of Fort Omtave {Gustaria), for the island, after b-ing French from 1648 to 1784, was acquired by Sweden, and again ceded to France in 1877 for the sum of £11,000. Gustaviu stands on the west side,

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