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PETIT-CANAL

Volume 17 · 52 words · 1860 Edition

a town of the island of Guadaloupe, on a bay of the same name on the W. coast, about 9 miles N.E. of St Louis. Sugar is exported in great quantities; and in the surrounding country large herds of cattle are fed. A large proportion of the inhabitants are slaves. Pop. 7600.