An introduction to American history, European beginnings . Wells Cathedral, England After the traveler lands on the island and leaves thechalk cliffs behind him, he comes to the soft rolling hills,called downs, that are peculiar to southern are low hills covered with grass and are verylovely when cloud shadows pass over their slopes. Theregion of the downs extends over all the southeastern OUR DEBT TO ENGLAND II part of England — almost two thirds of the wholecountry. The rest is made up of a central plain and amountainous region beyond. In this plain the traveler will find much t
An introduction to American history, European beginnings . Wells Cathedral, England After the traveler lands on the island and leaves thechalk cliffs behind him, he comes to the soft rolling hills,called downs, that are peculiar to southern are low hills covered with grass and are verylovely when cloud shadows pass over their slopes. Theregion of the downs extends over all the southeastern OUR DEBT TO ENGLAND II part of England — almost two thirds of the wholecountry. The rest is made up of a central plain and amountainous region beyond. In this plain the traveler will find much to charm anddelight him. There are little villages with thatched. English \illage Street cottages and gardens gay with geraniums and roses,ancient castles with gray towers rising above the tops ofthick green trees, and beautiful old country houses set inwide parks full of oak and beech trees. On every handhe will see trees and fields and hedges, and gentle riversflowing between the greenest of meadows and shaded by 12 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN HISTORY masses of green leaves. If It were not for the miningdistricts and the smoky manufacturing cities that havegrown up in recent times, the central part of Englandwould be the softest and most smiling country in the it is a pleasure to pass from this plain, green andluxuriant as it is, with its fields and hedgerows, and findones self in the cool, clear, mountain district to the the peaks, mist-covered, the mountain torrentsthat fall from their heights, and the shining lakes that liein the hollows between, all give the traveler great if he has the good fortune to be in this
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