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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 150 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BRITISH

British See also:

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

island in the strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, at the entrance to the Red See also:

Sea, and 96 m. W. by S. of See also:

ADEN

Aden. Perim is 2 M. from the Arabian See also:

SHORE

shore, is about 32 M. See also:

long with an See also:

AVERAGE

average breadth of over a mile and covers some 7 sq. m. There is 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 with easy entrance on the See also:

south See also:

side with a See also:

DEPTH

depth of See also:

WATER

water from 25 to 30 ft. It is largely used by See also:

MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile vessels as a coaling-station and for taking in stores, including fresh water and See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice. Perim, the Diodoros island of the Periplus, was, in consequence of the See also:

French occupation of See also:

EGYPT

Egypt, garrisoned from 1799 to 1801 by a British force. In view of the construction of the See also:

SUEZ

Suez See also:

Canal and the increasing importance of the Red Sea route to See also:

India the island was annexed to See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain in 1857, fortified and placed under the See also:

charge of the Aden residency. In 1861 a lighthouse was built at its eastern end. Submarine cables connect the island with Aden, Egypt and See also:

ZANZIBAR

Zanzibar. See also:

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

Population, including a See also:

garrison of 50 sepoys, about 200.

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