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Winds, periodical, the Etesian (or annual), blow steadily from the N. in July, between the Euxine Sea and Syene, during the period the Nile is at its highest, p. 103

Wine-Ships, return of all that entered at any English ports (except the Cinque Ports) for A.D. 1299, p. 408

Wisby, merchants of, adopt all essential particulars of the "Rôles d'Oléron," p. 392


Xerxes, ships of, difficulty as to the drawing them up on a lee shore, with a gale coming on, pp. 75-6

——, ship-canal of, across Mount Athos, confirmed by recent observations, p. 76


Yemen (Arabia Felix), early notices of its remarkable wealth, and of the importance of the trade with, pp. 116-18


END OF VOL. I.


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