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| | GENUKI: The National Gazetteer (1868) - Isle of Wight |
 | | "ISLE OF WIGHT, an island, in the English Channel, off the S. coast, county Hants, of which it forms part, and from which it is separated by an arm of the sea called the Solent. |
 | | The original settlers of the Isle of Wight are probably to be found among the Celts. |
 | | The principal streams are the Medina, which rises near the north-eastern foot of St. Catherine's hill, and falls into the sea between East and West Cowes, the Eastern Yar, or Brading river, the Western Yar, the Wootton and the Newtown river, all of which form small estuaries at their mouths. |
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