 | Benjamin Morrell - 1832 - 514 pages
...others which do not immediately occur to my mind, render this place, what it has often been called, the paradise of India — the home of plenty, and the abode of health.* > !»r ill" Information of the commercial reader, 1 think proper lo insert in this place the following... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1847 - 328 pages
...from all parts of the world; in possession of the English since 1819; very healthy, very flourishing; "The paradise of India, the home of plenty, and the abode of health." EXERCISE XXXVI. Draw Further India. Its boundaries'! Extent? Divisions, with capitals? Particularize... | |
 | Richard Swainson Fisher - 1852 - 780 pages
...India, while an ever-verdant foliage gives life to the landscape. advantages that it has been called " the Paradise of India," the home of plenty, and the abode of health. Penang, Malacca, and Singhapflra, are dependencies of the Bengal Presidency, and are under the immediate... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - 742 pages
...the eye. The island possesses a delightful climate t mi'! so many advantages, that it has been called the " Paradise of India," the home of plenty, and the abode of health. The comVnerce of Singapore embraces almost every article of Indian, Chinese, and European industry.... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1857 - 90 pages
...possession of England since 1819. It has great trade, is healthy and flourishing, and has been called " The Paradise of India, the home of plenty, and the abode of health," Malacca was ceded to us by the Dutch in 1825. The Island of Sumatra has an area of nearly 150,000 square... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1868 - 310 pages
...George Town. 45. Singapore, an island near the south coast of Malacca, 27 miles long and 11 broad, is said to be " the paradise of India, the home . of plenty, and the abode of health." Its surf ace is low, undulating, and well wooded ; it carries on a vast trade, and is an emporium for... | |
 | John Yeats - 1872 - 474 pages
...settlement of the English in Further India is Singapore, on an island of the same name, described as " The Paradise of India, the home of plenty, and the abode of health." Singapore has been in British possession from 1819. It is the seat of government of the Straits Settlements,... | |
 | John Yeats - 1878 - 472 pages
...settlement of the English in Further India is Singapore, on an island of the same name, described as " The Paradise of India, the home of plenty, and the abode of health." Singapore has been in British possession from 1819. It is the seat of government of the Straits Settlements,... | |
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Singapore, on an island of the same name, described as " The Paradise of India, the home of plenty, and the abode of health. 