. A complete geography. ^day in the year there are said to be fullya thousand ships entering her ports. Few persons appreciate the magnitudeof a single large steamship, or its carryingpower and cost (Fig. 389). Measure off adistance out of doors as long as that steam-ship. Compare it with the length of anordinary freight car. This vessel is ableto accommodate about 2000 persons be-sides a crew of 500 and an enormousamount of freight in addition. It cost$2,500,000 and consumes 500 tons of coal aday. Government.— The government of the United Kingdom is a limitedmonarchy, the present ruler being
. A complete geography. ^day in the year there are said to be fullya thousand ships entering her ports. Few persons appreciate the magnitudeof a single large steamship, or its carryingpower and cost (Fig. 389). Measure off adistance out of doors as long as that steam-ship. Compare it with the length of anordinary freight car. This vessel is ableto accommodate about 2000 persons be-sides a crew of 500 and an enormousamount of freight in addition. It cost$2,500,000 and consumes 500 tons of coal aday. Government.— The government of the United Kingdom is a limitedmonarchy, the present ruler being King Edward VII. We knowthat in the United States our general laws are made at Wasliingtonby a Congress composed of a Senate and a House of the United Kingdom the law-making body corresponding to this. Fig. 389. A large German steamship whichstops at Southampton; to showits great size in comparison witha high building in New York Cityand with the Washington Monu-ment (555 feet high). The lengthof this steamer is 648 feet, itswidth 06, and its depth 43 feet. 368 EUROPE is called Parliament. It is likewise composed of two bodies, theHouse of Lords and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is made up of men with inherited titles whoare not elected by the people. In former times the Lords were sopowerful that the people had little control of the government; but formany generations their power has been restricted, and the House of Com-
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