A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . often hide the face of the sun, and discharge an abun-dance of rain. The winters are not as snowy and severe as inEngland. The summers are cooler, and the thunder and light-ning less frequent and terrific. The soil in general is, by nature, more fertile, but not so wellcultivated. One tenth part of the island, however, consists ofbogs or morasses, which are useless, except for fuel. The sur-face of Ireland, in gener
A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . often hide the face of the sun, and discharge an abun-dance of rain. The winters are not as snowy and severe as inEngland. The summers are cooler, and the thunder and light-ning less frequent and terrific. The soil in general is, by nature, more fertile, but not so wellcultivated. One tenth part of the island, however, consists ofbogs or morasses, which are useless, except for fuel. The sur-face of Ireland, in general, is usually covered by a beautiful ver-dure. Oats and potatoes are the principal productions and the chiefsupport of the poor. Hemp and flax are abundant, and the ma-nufactures of linen and muslin are extensive. No country inEurope is better provided with convenient bays and harbors, and14* 162 IRELAND. facilities for foreign commerce. Fme linens, beef and butterof superior quality, are the chief exports. The principal rivers are the Shannon, Boyne, Liffy, and Wa-terford. The chief cities are Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Belfast,Waterford, Londonderry, Kilkenny, and View of Dublin, Dublin, the capital, is on the Liffy, 330 miles north westof London, Its population is 225,000. Its public edifices aremagnificent, among which are the Castle, the Royal Exchange,and the University. The dwellings of the rich are elegant, andare very strikingly contrasted with the numerous miserablehovels of the poor, which are seen within the city and its sub-urbs. Dublin is the grand mart of the commerce of Ireland. Cork is on the Lee, 130 miles south west of Dublin. It is thesecond city in Ireland, and highly celebrated for its capaciousharbor and its extensive trade. Population 100,000. Limerick, on the Shannon, is a city of great elegance, flour-ishing in manufactures and commerce. Population 65,000. Bel-fast, 80 miles north of Dublin, is distinguished for its trade inlinen and provision
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