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CANABAC

Volume 5 · 71 words · 1815 Edition

an island which lies contiguous to Bulam on the western coast of Africa, and is inhabited by a fierce people, governed by two kings or chiefs. It would appear that the Canabacs had been very troublesome to their neighbours; for the inhabitants of some other islands in that cluter rejoiced at the settlement of the English in Bulam, hoping to find in them a defense against the usurpations of this people.