The People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge; With Numerous Appendixes Invaluable for Reference in All Departments of Industrial Life, Brought Down (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...several small islets, with a joint area ot about 3,800 sq. m., and a pop. of 283,859. The principal islands, proceeding from E. to w., areLauzarotc, Fuerteventure, Gmn Canaria, Teneritfe, Gomera, Pahna, and Ilicrro or Fcrro. Teneriffe, tho largest island of tho group, has an area of 877 m., with a pop. of 95,000. This island is the principal seat of tlie cochineal cultivation. The C. are supposed to have been the Fortunate Islands of the ancients. The Carthaginians are said to have visited them, and Juba II., King of the t wo Mauritania, wrote an account of them that has been transmitted to us by Pliny. CanarMum, a genus of trees of the natural order Amyridace&y natives of the S. E. parts of Asia, the Malayan Archipelago, etc. The kernel of the fruit of C. commune is eaten both raw and roasted; and in Amboyna bread is made of it, which is generally in the form of rolls about a yard 1. and an in. thick. An oil is expressed from it, which is used both for the table and for lamps. The tree is about 50 ft. h. ('. -/'ventre also produces eatable kernels. Cana'ry, or Cana'ry-Bird, a beautiful little bird, ver; common as a cage-bird, and much esteemed for its musical powers. It is one of the numerous family of finches Fri/iijilliilit, ) and u Frinyilla Canaria of Linnieus. Some modern ornithologists placed it in the genus tiardudit, others in I.inota; it is indeed intermediate between these genera, the goldfinches and the linnets. Some make it the type of a (jenus or sub-genus, Caitarin. It is found in Madeira, the Canary Isles, and the Cape Verd Isles; frequents tlie neighborhood of human habitations; builds its nest of moss, feathers, hair, etc., in thick, bushy, shrubs or trees; and produces 4, 5, or even 6 broods in a sc In its wild state its plumage i...