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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 400 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TANSA , a small See also:

RIVER

river in Salsett See also:

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

island, in the See also:

THANA, or TANNA (=a fort, or police-station)

Thana See also:

DISTRICT

district of Bombay, which provides the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Bombay with its See also:

WATER

water-See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply . It is embanked by one of the largest See also:

MASONRY

masonry dams in the See also:

WORLD

world, built in 1892 . The See also:

EMBANKMENT

embankment is nearly 2 M. See also:

long, 118 ft. high, and See also:

ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito ft. thick at the See also:

BASE

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