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Volume 13 · 66 words · 1797 Edition

(St), an island of the Atlantic Ocean, and one of the most considerable of those of Cape Verde, lying between Santa Lucia and St Jago. It is of a triangular figure, and about 75 miles in length. The land is stony, mountainous, and barren; but there are a great many goats in a valley inhabited by the Portuguese. W. Long. 33° 35'. N. Lat. 17° 0'.