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Page 30
... population is about 250,000 . 2. Leith , on the Forth , though considered a separate town , is a suburb of Edinburgh , and its seaport . It ranks next to Glasgow in commercial importance , and is indeed the principal port on the east ...
... population is about 250,000 . 2. Leith , on the Forth , though considered a separate town , is a suburb of Edinburgh , and its seaport . It ranks next to Glasgow in commercial importance , and is indeed the principal port on the east ...
Page 32
... population of these seven towns is about one- third of the total population of Scotland . It amounts to over 1,200,000 , of which Glasgow supplies more than the half and Edinburgh less than one - fourth . LESSON X. CHIEF TOWNS . - II ...
... population of these seven towns is about one- third of the total population of Scotland . It amounts to over 1,200,000 , of which Glasgow supplies more than the half and Edinburgh less than one - fourth . LESSON X. CHIEF TOWNS . - II ...
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... populations of between twelve and twenty thousand . There are seven other towns with populations of between six and twelve thousand : these are Forfar , with manufactures similar to those of Dundee ; Falkirk , surrounded by iron- works ...
... populations of between twelve and twenty thousand . There are seven other towns with populations of between six and twelve thousand : these are Forfar , with manufactures similar to those of Dundee ; Falkirk , surrounded by iron- works ...
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... population was a little over five millions . In 1845 it had increased to over eight millions . For two successive years after this the potato crop failed , and famine , and disease , and emigration , so thinned the population that in ...
... population was a little over five millions . In 1845 it had increased to over eight millions . For two successive years after this the potato crop failed , and famine , and disease , and emigration , so thinned the population that in ...
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... population are engaged in its cul- tivation . Oats is the principal corn crop , there being too much moisture and too little sunshine for wheat to ripen well . Potatoes and turnips and swedes occupy more than a million acres every year ...
... population are engaged in its cul- tivation . Oats is the principal corn crop , there being too much moisture and too little sunshine for wheat to ripen well . Potatoes and turnips and swedes occupy more than a million acres every year ...
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Page 83 - Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die — for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river.
Page 83 - It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls.
Page 153 - ... of which we speak. In winter, a dazzling surface of purest snow; in early summer, a vast expanse of grass and pale pink roses; in autumn too often a wild sea of raging fire. No ocean of water in the world can vie with its gorgeous sunsets; no solitude can equal the loneliness of a night-shadowed prairie: one feels the stillness, and hears the silence, the wail of the prowling wolf makes the voice of solitude audible, the stars look down through infinite silence upon a silence almost as intense.
Page 83 - The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the...
Page 158 - Autumn, in honor of this high holiday, had collected together all the past glories of the year, adding them to her own; she borrows the gay colors that have been lying during the summer months among the flowers, in the fruits, upon the plumage of the bird, on the wings of the butterfly, and working them together in broad and glowing masses, she throws them over the forest to grace her triumph.
Page 127 - It is beautifully situated— as regards the water, just at the point where the river becomes sea. It has quays and wharves, at which vessels of small tonnage can lie, in the very heart of the town. Vessels of any tonnage can lie a mile out from its streets. It is surrounded by hills and mountains, from which views can be had which would make the fortune of any district in Europe.