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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334945212
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (452 download)
Book Synopsis Blackwood's Magazine, Vol. 212 by :
Download or read book Blackwood's Magazine, Vol. 212 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Blackwood's Magazine, Vol. 212: July-December, 1922 The first of these, the Deme rara, has given its name to the yellow-crystal sugar which at present is British Guiana's chief title to fame; and, indeed, the colony is more often than not spoken of simmy by the name of this one river, at the mouth of which lies Georgetown with its inhabitants, a medley of many immigrant races. The Demerara, as it slips lazily into the Atlantic, affords a beautiful river harbour to Georgetown; its broad smooth stream, lead ing away inland almost due south, is navigable by ocean going ships for sixty miles. White sails of sloops, schooners, and fishing-boats shine against the blue-grey glimmer of the opaque water or the vivid green of the low at banks, a scene of peace which no Caribbean hurricane ever threatens. But there is a wicked fairy who neutralises all British Guiana's heaven sent gifts. Currents sweeping along the coast wash seas of mud into the Demerara with each tide, and have laid a bar to seaward, which denies all steamers of deep draught access to what should be one of the best and safest harbours of South America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
