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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 390 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARBUDA  , an

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island in the
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British
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West Indies . It lies 25 M . N. of
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Antigua, of which it is a dependency, in 17° 33' N. and 61° 43' W., and it has an
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area of 62 sq. m . Pop . (Igor) 775 . It is
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flat and densely wooded . On the western
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side there is a large
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lagoon, separated from the
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sea by a
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spit of
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sand . The
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part of the island under cultivation is very fertile, and the
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air is remarkable for its purity .
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Cattle and horses are bred and
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wild
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deer are still found .
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Salt and
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phosphates of
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lime are exported . The island was annexed by
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Great
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Britain in 1628 and was bestowed in 168o upon the
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Codrington
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family who, for more than 200 years, held it as a
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kind of feudal
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fief .

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