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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 54 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TOWN

town in See also:

Rumania, at the mouth of the Sulina See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube. Pop. (1900), 5611. Sulina is the only See also:

FREE

free See also:

PORT

port on the Danube, and is much used for the transhipment into See also:

sea-going vessels of 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 which is brought down the See also:

RIVER

river in large lighters from Rumania, See also:

Russia, See also:

Bulgaria, See also:

SERVIA

Servia and See also:

Austria-See also:

Hungary. No agricultural produce is grown in its See also:

NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour-See also:

hood, owing to the See also:

reed-covered swamps with which it is surrounded. Sulina is the headquarters of the technical See also:

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

department of the See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission of the Danube (q.v.). Large steamers navigate up to See also:

GALATZ (Galalii)

Galatz and See also:

BRAILA (in Rumanian Braila, formerly IBRAILA)

Braila. In 1901, 1411 steamers and sailing See also:

CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft aggregating 1,83o,00o tons See also:

REGISTER

register cleared from Sulina for European ports carrying, besides other merchandise, nearly 13,00o,000 quarters of grain. Owing to the improvements effected by the European Commission, there is a See also:

DEPTH

depth of 24 ft. of See also:

WATER

water on the See also:

bar, and of 18 to 22 ft. in the fairway. A lighthouse overlooks the See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary. The town contains the only See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

church in Rumania.

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