Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...and beautiful lakes, are north of the Grarapia Hills. The country south of the Highlands, and along the easten coast, is called the Lowlands, although the surface is generally hih and broken. Towns.--The manufacturing towns are in the Lowlands. Glssgow, the largest, is a great manufacturing and conrmercial city, asi contains about 540,000 inhabitants. Edinburgh (ed'-in-bur-euh)i the capital. 8. IRELAND has a great abundance of rain, and is called Uv "Emerald Isle" because the vegetation is so fresh and green. As the coast is bordered by hills, the water collects in the interior aod fans immeose marshes called peat bogs, which are uofit for cultivatioo. The turf wbict) cut from them forms, when dried, the principal fuel of the people, for wood and t are scarce. Irish linen is the best that is made, and is the leading manufatture of the islanJ Towns.--Dublin is the capital and largest city. Belfast is tiit principal commercial place. 1). The British Empire includes the British Isles, extensive territories in America, Africa, Asia and Australia, and numerous island in every part of the world. Questions on the Map and Text. Eogland aod Wales.--Name the seas, straits, channels and bays around the coast in their order. The islands. The capes. Describe the surface. The coast.. Whereu Peonine Chain? Mt. Skiddaw? Helvellyn? The Cambrian Mountains? Mt. Snowdoo? Plinlimmon? Name the rivers which flow into the waters upon the easts" coast. The western Name the towns on the eastern coast. On the southern. The western. Nane the towns not included in the foregoing, which lie north of the centre--that is. nonl of latitude fifty-three degrees. Name those south of this parallel. What do yi know of London. Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool? Sc...
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