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AGUILAS , a seaport of See also:

south-eastern See also:

Spain, in the See also:

province of See also:

MURCIA

Murcia, on the Mediterranean See also:

Sea, at the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of a railway from Huercal-Overa. Pop. (1900) 15,868. Aguilas is built on the landward See also:

side of a small See also:

peninsula, between two bays—the Puerto Ponente, a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, on the south-See also:

west, - and the Puerto Levanto, which is somewhat dangerous to See also:

SHIPPING

shipping in rough See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather, on the See also:

north-See also:

east. It is the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief outlet for the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

trade in See also:

ESPARTO, or SPANISH GRASS

esparto grass, and for the See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ore and other See also:

MINERAL

mineral products of the neighbourhood. It has also some trade in See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain. The imports consist chiefly of See also:

COAL

coal. In 1904, 296 vessels, of 238,274 tons, cleared at this See also:

PORT

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