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CHEDUBA , or See also:MAN-AUNG, an See also:island in the See also:Bay of See also:Bengal, situated 10 m. from the See also:coast of See also:Arakan, between 18° 40' and 18° 56' N. See also:lat., and between 930 31' and 930 50' E. See also:long. It forms See also:part of the See also:Kyaukpyu See also:district of Arakan. It extends about 20 M. in length from N. to S., and 17 M. from E. to W., and its See also:area of 220 sq. m. supports a See also:population of 26,899 (in 1901). The channel between the island and the mainland is navigable for boats, but not for large vessels. The See also:surface of the interior is richly diversified by See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill and See also:dale, and in the See also:southern portion some of the heights exceed a thousand feet in See also:elevation. There are various indications of former volcanic activity, and along the coast are earthy cones covered with See also:green-sward, from which issue springs of muddy See also:water emitting bubbles of See also:gas. See also:Copper, See also:iron and See also:silver ore have been discovered; but the island is chiefly noted for its See also:petroleum See also:wells, the oil derived from which is of excellent quality, and is extensively used in the See also:composition of paint, as it preserves See also:wood from the ravages of See also:insects. See also:Timber is not abundant, but the See also:gamboge See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree and the wood-oil tree are found of a See also:good See also:size. See also:Tobacco, See also:cotton, See also:sugar-See also:cane, See also:hemp and See also:indigo are grown, and the See also:staple See also:article is See also:rice, which is of See also:superior quality, and the See also:chief article of export. The inhabitants of the island are mainly Maghs. Cheduba See also:fell to the Burmese in the latter part of the 18th See also:century. From them it was captured in 1824 by the See also:British, whose See also:possession of it was confirmed in 1826 by the treaty concluded with the Burmese at Yandaboo.
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