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90 THE BEITISU ISLES. above tier ou the hillsides. Dartmouth has a convenieut hiubour. It was the birthplace of Newcomen, the improver of the steam-engine. Higher up on the Dart rises Totncs, with the ruins of an ancient castle, and still farther inland is Ashburton, a mining town, almost in the centre of the cider district of South Hams. Several towns of note are seated upon the shore of Tor Bay. Brixham, on its south side, is the principal fishing town of Devonshire, about two hundred trawlers Fig. 48.— Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse. belonging to its port. Its harbour is protected by a breakwater. It was here that William of Orange landed in 1688. Paicjntoii, in the centre of the bay, has a small harbour. Torquay, on the northern side of the bay, rises in terraces above the magnificent quay, whilst the surrounding heights are studded with villas. It is the most important seaside resort on the south coast of England to the west of Brighton, its equable climate and the shelter afforded by the surrounding heights also attracting a large number of persons suffering from consumption. The influx of bathers and invalids has caused the population of
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CONTENTS. I. General Features The B
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 1. Diitish I
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U7. St. P.iuLs C'athf.dr.^l .... 1S
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2 THE BRITISH ISLES. by well-define
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4 THE BRITISH ISLES. In its general
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THE BEITISH ISLES. not without dang
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8 THE BEITISH ISLES. more minute su
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10 THE BRITISH ISLE!?. affording ex
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12 THE BEITISH ISLES. chalk, this a
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14 THE BRITISH ISLES. Farther west
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16 THE BRITISH ISLE?. are to be pre
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IS THE BEITISn ISI.ES. In summer, w
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20 THE BRITISH ISLES winds are most
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22 THE BRITISH ISLES. The influence
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24 THE BEITISH ISLES. plants. The c
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26 THE BEITISH ISLES. stretclies. I
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28 THE BRITISH ISLES. songsters is
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30 THE BEITISH ISLES. habits. Of th
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32 THE BRITISH ISLES. southern port
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34 THE BRITISH ISLES. followed the
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36 TEE BEITISH ISLES. fluctuations
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38 THE BEITISH ISLES. tions?* Engli
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40 THE BPJTIsn KLES. thousand years
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42 THE BEITISn ISLES. As men of com
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ii THE BRITISH ISLES. famous as cli
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CHArTER II. WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE
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132 THE BRITISH ISLES. Dorchester,
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134 THE BRITISH ISLES. ill wbicli t
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186 THE BEITISH ISLES. Ahhei/, to t
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130 THE BRITISH ISLES. Southampton
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HO THE BEITISH ISLES. time of Henry
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142 THE BEITISH ISLES. raised since
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144 TnE BEITISH ISLES. for the King
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CHAPTER VI. THJE BASIN OF THE THAME
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148 THE BRITISH ISLES. continent, t
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150 THE BRITISH ISLES. the close of
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THE BRITISH ISLES. âU But wMst the
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154 THE BEITISH ISLES. projections,
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156 THE BEITISH ISLES. Oxford, it p
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158 THE BEITISH ISLES. communicatio
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IGO THE BRITISH ISLES. Tlie Thames,
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BUCKINGHAMSHIEE. 161 "Windsor by an
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HEETFOEDSHIEE. 163 Lord Bacon deriv
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t ^. HATVIB - ^ ^ NorUratt' Twyfoul
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LONDON. 165 land, on the site of an
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LONDON. 167 as far as Epsom, one gr
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LONDON. 1G9 to the beginning of the
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LONDON. 171 Unfortunately the metro
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LONDON. 173 tidal current, autl wor
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LONDON. 176 are more Scotchmen in L
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LONDON. 177 above floor, within a n
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LONDON. 179 and bank presents the l
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LONDON. 181 tion of the owner, and
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LONDON. 183 and the royal jewels ar
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LONDON. 185 in possession of its ch
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LONDON. 187 of all the many buildin
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LONDON. 189 tion. In it are arrange
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LOXDON. 191 Lincoln's Inn Fields. S
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LONDON. 193 before the authorities
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LONDON. 195 The commerce which Lond
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LONDON. 197 house, from basin to ba
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SUEEET. 199 The two Sheriffs are el
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SURREY. 201 All the other towns and
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EEXT. 208 rises in Caesar's Well ne
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] vol,. KENT. 205 of London, as als
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liENT. 207 all Christendom. Canterb
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ESSEX. 209 Essex is a maritime coun
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ESSEX. 211 of the woiid's commerce
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' of j Wheat EAST ANGLIA. 213 flats
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SUPPOLK. 215 of the harbour. For it
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NORFOLK. 217 the cathedral precinct
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NORFOLK. 21D King's Lynn is the pri
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TUE BASIN OF THE WASH. 221 borderin
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THE BASIN OP THE WASH. 228 masters.
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I ward HUNTINGDONSHIEE-CAMBEIDGESHI
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NORTHAMPTONSHIEE. 227 Chapel, with
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LINCOLNSHIRE. 229 other rivers drai
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LINCOLNSHIRE. 231 In its onward cou
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CHAPTER IX. THE BASIN OF THE HUMBER
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THE BASIN OF THE HUMBER. 235 their
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THE BASIN OF THE HUMBEE. 287 titles
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STAFFOEDSHIRE. 289 quently two grea
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STAFFORDSHIEE. 241 The Dove joins t
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DEEBYSHIEE. 243 and its baths, the
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 245 here still exi
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YORKSHIRE. 247 in the western moorl
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TOEKSHIEE. 249 and Kterary life mor
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site. YORKSHIRE. 251 There are alum
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fJHatHill, iVI Jillriiim:)trf i,, J
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254 THE BRITISH ISLES. The Nidd, in
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256 THE BRITISH ISLES. ingenious wa
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258 THE BEITISH ISLES. machinery. I
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200 THE BEITISn ISLES. its prosperi
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262 THE BRITISH ISLES. by a briuge,
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264 THE BRITISH ISLES. port may be
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266 THE BRITISH ISLES. forbidding m
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268 THE BEITISH ISLES. trade is alm
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270 THE BRITISH ISLES. includes amo
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272 THE BRITISH ISLES. began to gro
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274 THE BRITISH ISLES. commerce of
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^76 THE BEITISH ISLES. The basin of
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278 THE BRITISH ISLES. great town o
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280 THE BRITISH ISLES. entrapped in
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282 THE BElTISn ISLES. towns which
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284 THE BRITISH ISLES. days is limi
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— 286 THE BRITISH ISLES. castle c
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288 THE BEITISH ISLES. which he fou
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290 THE BEITISn ISLES. and Manchest
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292 THE BRITISH ISLES. Chester-le-
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204 THE r.RITISH ISLES. the sea-coa
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296 THE BRITISH ISLES. Marseilles.
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293 THE BRITISH ISLES. entreuclimcn
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000 THE BRITISH ISLES. called the T
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CHAPTER XIII. SOUTHERN SCOTLA^'D. /
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304 THE BRITISH ISLES. the dykes of
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306 THE BRITISH ISLES. more solid r
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308 THE BEITISH ISLES. ones form in
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310 THE BRITISH ISLES. alono- tho c
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312 THE BRITISH ISLES. many of the
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8U THE BEITISH ISLES. 151. — Wigt
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316 THE BKITISH ISLES. mansions dot
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318 THE BRITISH ISLES. on the top o
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320 THE BRITISH ISLES. DuiMBARTONSH
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322 THE BEITISH ISLES. pEEiiLES, wh
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824 TIIE BRITISH ISLES. Berwick-on-
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FIRTH OF FORTH
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326 TSE BRITISH ISLES. devious cour
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328 I'SE BRITISH ISLES. are Dalkeit
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330 THE BEITIPn ISLES. is traversed
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832 THE BRITISH ISLES. Falkhiml, wi
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834 THE BRITISH ISLES. with lochs a
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336 THE BBITISH ISLES. bone of all
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338 THE BEITISH ISLES. But the rock
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310 THE BEITISn ISLES. origin, form
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842 THE BRITISH ISLES. away, the be
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844 THE BRITISH ISLES. waves are da
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846 THE BEITISH ISLES. its clitfs p
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, of XOETHEEX SCOTL.VXD. 847 were l
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NOETHEEN SCOTLAND. 849 cliflFs, ris
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NORTHERN SCOTLAND. 861 and rising l
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XOETHEEN SCOTL.l^TD. 353 Jui'd—or
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NOETHEEN SCOTLAND. 355 one wild mam
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XOETHEEN SCOTLAND. 357 Notwitlistan
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NORTHEEN SCOTL.AJSTD. 859 tinuecl a
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NOETHEEN SCOTLAND. 3G1 grounds.* Th
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PEETHSHIEE. 3G3 now a small village
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FOEFAESHIEE. 365 commerce of Dundee
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ABEEDEEXSHIRE. 867 Dunnotar Castle
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ABERDEENSHIRE. 369 important sliip-
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IXVEENESS. 871 Far more populous, a
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EOSS AND CEOMAETT. 373 Excepting In
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ARGYLLSHIRE. 375 Many lives are sac
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I'ASS UF GLEXCOE.
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CHAPTER XV. IRELAND. General Featur
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380 THE BEITISH ISLES. its edês cr
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882 THE BBITISH ISLES. montories, i
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38-1 THE BRITISH ISLES. 1,817 feet,
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386 THE BEITISH ISLES. moved have b
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388 THE BRITISH ISLES. large a scal
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890 TIIE BRITISH ISLES. mineralisat
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892 THE BEITISH ISLES. that the Sha
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,04 TILE BraiiSH isles. the greates
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896 THE BRITISH ISLES. proves the c
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IRELAND. 897 fake a delight in tlie
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lEELAXD. 899 South America, have ne
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IRELAND. 401 been invented after th
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IRELAND. 403 prove that the young m
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lEELAND. 405 be laid to the cliurch
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IRELAND. 407 appease their hunger b
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IRELAND. 409 Irish Churcli. At the
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DrawutyAVuiUaaim yCasUeknop:^^;r^ S
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LEINSTER. 411 sprang wp on that sid
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LEINSTEE. 413 England, besides seve
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LEINSTEK. 415 see, arc liigher up,
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LEINSTEE. 417 The county of TVexkor
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ULSTER. 119 River, has been raised
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ULSTER. 421 The merchants of Belfas
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ULSTER. .123 companies of London, t
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CONNAUGET. 425 the island, if we ex
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MUNSTER. 427 quarries. Kinrara, on
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MUNSTEE. 429 Cork and Dublin in tte
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.wn c tmlDuniration I'lider 1011 I'
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432 THE BRITISH ISLES. is merely a
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434 TUE BEITISH ISLES. Henry II. la
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CHAPTER XVI. STATISTICS OF THE UNIT
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438 THE BEITISH ISLES. strongly rep
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440 THE BRITISH ISLES. are, in trut
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412 THE BRITISH ISLES. increased by
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444 THE BRITISH ISLES. patches, whi
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446 THE BRITISH ISLES. There still
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448 THE BEITLSH ISLES. has gone, an
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450 THE BRITISH ISLES. the world La
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452 THE BEITISn ISLES. state and it
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454 THE BEITlSn ISLES. over £43,00
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456 THE BEITISH ISLES. the manufact
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438 THE BEITISn ISLES. Nottingham,
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400 'J^HE BRITISH ISLES. in the num
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462 THE BEITISH ISLES. But whilst E
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4G4 THE BRITISH ISLES. nearly every
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466 THE BRITISH ISLES. from vessels
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468 THE BEITISn ISLES. Xorth Britis
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470 THE BRITISH ISLES. authorities,
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472 THK LlltlTlÛ ISLES. to 1818, i
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474 THE BEITISH ISLES. and Latin cl
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476 THE BEITISH ISLES. aiul furnish
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478 THE BRITISH ISLES. The origin o
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480 THE BEITISH ISLES. churches, in
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482 THE BPJTISn ISLES. Act ameliora
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484 THE BRITISH ISLES. pains arc sp
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486 TUE BRITISH ISLES. which hxrk i
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DavoN DoESET . Durham Essex . Heref
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490 Rutland . Shropshire southampto
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492 APPENDIX. Counties. Area and Po
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494 APPENDIX. Area and PopuLATio>f
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496 APPENDIX. in.—IMPOETS OF MERC
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498 APPENDIX. Exports of British Pr
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08,032 23 CG 42 95,485 867,385 315
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APPENDIX. 608 Statistical View of t
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506 BaUina. 427, 429 liiillinahiuch
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508 Coleraine, 421, 423 CoU, 377 Co
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510 Goat FfU, 308 Godaliiiiug, 200
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512 Lloyd 11111,415 Loehabur, 3 7 2
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514 Portsoy, 371 Portstewart, 423 P
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JlG Trowbridge, 136 Truro, 85 Tuam,
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