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See also: size of the See also: group of See also: Spanish islands in the Mediterranean See also: Sea, known as the Balearic Islands (q.v.), 27 M
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E.N.E. of See also: Majorca
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Pop
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(1900), 371,512; See also: area, 26o sq. m
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The See also: coast is deeply indented, especially on the See also: north, with numerous creeks and bays—that of See also: Port Mahon (17,144) being one of the finest in the Mediterranean, if not the best of them all, according to the popular See also: rhyme
" Junio, Julio, Agosto y puerto Mahon
Los mejores puertos del Mediterraneo son "
" See also: June, See also: July, See also: August and Port Mahon are the best harbours of the Mediterranean " (see PORT MAIION)
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The ports Addaya, Fornelle, Ciudadela and Nitja may also be mentioned
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The See also: surface of the See also: island is uneven, flat in the See also: south and rising irregularly towards the centre, where the See also: mountain El Toro—probably so called from the Arabic tor, a height, though the natives have a See also: legend of a See also: Coro or bull—has an altitude of 1207 ft
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The See also: climate is not so equable as that of Majorca, and the island is exposed in autumn and winter to the violence of the north winds
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Its See also: soil is of very unequal quality; that of the higher districts being See also: light, See also: fine, and fertile, and producing See also: regular harvests without much labour, while that of the plains is chalky, scanty, and unfit for pasture or the plough
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Some of the valleys have a See also: good alluvial soil; and where the hills have been terraced they are cultivated to the See also: summit
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The See also: wheat and See also: barley raised in the island are sometimes sufficient for home See also: consumption; there is rarely a surplus
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The Hedysarum coronarium, or zulla, as it is called by the Spaniards, is largely cultivated for See also: fodder
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See also: Wine, oil, potatoes, See also: hemp and See also: flax are produced in moderate quantities; fruit of all kinds, including melons, pomegranates, See also: figs and almonds, is abundant
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The See also: caper plant is See also: common throughout the island, growing on ruined walls
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Horned cattle, See also: sheep and goats are reared, and small See also: game abound
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See also: Stone of various kinds is plentiful
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In the
See also: district of Mercadal and in See also: Mount See also: Santa Agueda are found fine See also: marbles and porphyries; lime and slate are also abundant
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See also: Lead, copper and iron might be worked were it not for the scarcity of fuel
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There are manufactures of the wool, hemp and flax of the island; and formerly there was a good See also: deal of boat-See also: building; but See also: agriculture is the chief industry
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An excellent road, constructed in 1713-1715 by Brigadier-General See also: Richard See also: Kane, to whose memory a monument was erected at the first milestone, runs through the island from south-See also: east to north-west, and connects Port Mahon with Ciudadela
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Ciudadela (8611), which was the capital of the "island till Port Mahon was raised to that position by the See also: English, still possesses considerable remains of its former importance
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