. The earth and its inhabitants ... ter 11-2 6-4 112 11-7 40-5 Kendal 16-1 9-6 12-7 15-3 63-7 Seathwaite (Borrowdale) . 43-0 22-8 33-2 43-2 142-2 Whitehaven 12-7 7-1 13-7 13-8 473 Glasgow 5-3 3-7 6-4 5-8 21-2 Ireland :— West Port 12-3 11-7 11-7 10-1 45-8 Limerick 7-7 7*1 9-3 10-1 34-2 Armagh S-6 6-8 8-9 9-4 34*7 Dublin 68 5-9 8-1 8-5 29-3 t Sir W. Temple, Works, iii. p. 220. 22 THE BRITISH ISLES. The influence of this climate upon the animal creation, and even upon thevegetable kingdom, is as favourable as upon the human constitution. Thewarmth of summer- is never so great, nor is its accessio
. The earth and its inhabitants ... ter 11-2 6-4 112 11-7 40-5 Kendal 16-1 9-6 12-7 15-3 63-7 Seathwaite (Borrowdale) . 43-0 22-8 33-2 43-2 142-2 Whitehaven 12-7 7-1 13-7 13-8 473 Glasgow 5-3 3-7 6-4 5-8 21-2 Ireland :— West Port 12-3 11-7 11-7 10-1 45-8 Limerick 7-7 7*1 9-3 10-1 34-2 Armagh S-6 6-8 8-9 9-4 34*7 Dublin 68 5-9 8-1 8-5 29-3 t Sir W. Temple, Works, iii. p. 220. 22 THE BRITISH ISLES. The influence of this climate upon the animal creation, and even upon thevegetable kingdom, is as favourable as upon the human constitution. Thewarmth of summer- is never so great, nor is its accession so sudden, as to occasiona too rapid development or too high excitement of organized bodies ; nor the coldof winter so extreme as to depress their vitality to an injurious degree. Thenatural formation, soil, and cultivation, with few exceptions, prevent the generationof marsh effluvia, whilst the fresh and strong westerly winds which prevail, Fig. 13.—Raix Map «f the British to Symons. Scale 1 : 10,600, ENGLISH Gr lll!ll!l Illlllllllll Ilillllllllll illl I^IB ??i ader 25 in. 25 to 30 in. 30 to 40 in 40 to 45 100 Miles. 45 to 76 in. Over 75 in owing to the position of the country, cause a continued renewal of the atmosphere,even in the closest and most crowded streets of the manufacturing towns.* These climatic conditions have, moreover, vastly contributed to make theBritish Isles a geographical whole, and in amalgamating the various races bywhom they are inhabited. In most other countries migration is attended withconsiderable risk, and a period of acclimatization has usually to be passed Great Britain the natives of either England or Scotland may exchange homes* ilacCulloch, Statistical Account of the British Empire, i. FLORA. 28 without being inconvenienced to the same extent as would Bretons or Provencalsunder similar circumstances. On the other hand, foreigners born under brighterskies generally complain about the paleness of
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