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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 616 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CULEBRA , the smaller of two islands lying in the Virgin Passage immediately E. of See also:

PORTO

Porto Rico and known as the Islas de Passaje. It is about 18 m. distant from Cape See also:

SAN

San Juan and rises from the same submerged See also:

plateau with the larger islands of the See also:

ANTILLES

Antilles. Its extreme dimensions are 3 by 6 m., and its See also:

SURFACE

surface is See also:

low and comparatively See also:

UNIFORM

uniform, which gives the 2 The See also:

list of these in the See also:

DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed of See also:

TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer is the See also:

OLDEST

oldest Scottish library See also:

CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue.. prevailing winds an unbroken sweep across it. For this See also:

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason the rainfall is limited to a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, and the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is compelled to See also:

STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store rainwater in cisterns for drinking purposes. Its See also:

SOIL

soil is fertile, and See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, poultry, vegetables and small fruits are produced. The See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island has been a dependency of Porto Rico since 1879, when its colonization was formally under-taken, and it is now described as a See also:

ward of the Vieques See also:

DISTRICT

district of the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

HUMACAO

Humacao. In 1902 the See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

NAVAL

naval authorities selected the See also:

PLAYA (a Spanish word meaning " shore ")

Playa Sardinas 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 S. See also:

side of Culebra as a See also:

RENDEZVOUS

rendezvous of the See also:

FLEET

fleet and marine encampments were located on See also:

SHORE

shore. The strategic position of the island, its healthiness and its continued use as a naval station have given it considerable importance. Its population was 704 in 1899, which had increased to nearly 1200 in 1903.

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