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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 903 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MOSSAMEDES , a

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TOWN

town of Portuguese

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capital of the

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DISTRICT

district of Mossamedes, on the

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side of Little

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BAY

Bay (Bay of Mossamedes or

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ANGRA, or ANGRA

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NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

Negro) . Pop. about 5000 . The

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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 affords excellent anchorage . A railway (over

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LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo m.

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long) starts from the harbour and crosses the semi-

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DESERT

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COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast region to the fertile Chella

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plateau . Mossamedes is the headquarters of an important fishing

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INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry (see La Geographic,

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March 1908) .

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