. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. fusion of BelgicGauls. This peculiarcombination no doubtgave them their greatvigour, by which theyintroduced into theEnglish people a largeproportion of foreignblood. Subsequentlymore Frenchmen wereintroduced, yet not soas to markedlj^ influ-ence the English t^, Normans, Huguenots, driven by religious persecution, have atvarious later times come over in considerab
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. fusion of BelgicGauls. This peculiarcombination no doubtgave them their greatvigour, by which theyintroduced into theEnglish people a largeproportion of foreignblood. Subsequentlymore Frenchmen wereintroduced, yet not soas to markedlj^ influ-ence the English t^, Normans, Huguenots, driven by religious persecution, have atvarious later times come over in considerable numbers. Germans, drivenMinor immi- by Louis persecution from the Palatinate, and manygrations. other Germans since, including German Jews, have swelledour numbers. But the population of England has been far more affectedin modern times by the immigration of Scotchmen and Irishmen. TwelveScotch and pei Cent, of Scottish surnames have been reckoned in a largeIrish settlers. London club, but only one per cent, of pure Irish. The per-centage of Welsh names was five. This last indicates the fact of thelarge migration of Welshmen into England. The immigration of the Irish into Scotland has been great in recent. SHIP. HISTORIC BRITONS. 33 years, there being now over six per cent, of the population Irish-born, In England there are two-and-a-half per cent, of persons of Irish „ , ^ • 7^ 1 iiif- PT-iii-i -r^ Modem move- birth, and probably lour more ol Irish blood. Dr. Beddoe, a ments, and very careful observer, says, In opposition to the current *^^^^^^^^^• opinion, it would seem that the Welsh rise most in commerce, the Scotch coming after them, and the Irish nowhere. The people of Welsh descent and name hold then- own fauiy in science, the Scotch do more, the Irish less. But when one looks to the attainment of military- or political distinction, the case is altered. Here the Scotchmen, and especially the Highlanders, bear away the palm ; the Irish retrieve thei
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