. The earth and its inhabitants .. . -3 Limerick 77 Armagh 96 DubUn 6-8 Spring. Slimmer. Autumn. Year. 5-3 6- 5-1 7 4-5 7- 3-8 5- 2-1 7-( 6-9 7 9-4 8-^ 6-2 9- 6-9 9- 6-4 11 9-6 12- 22-8 33- 7-1 13- 3-7 6- 11-7 11- 7-1 9- 6-8 8- 5-9 8- 7-4 11-4 7-3 5-85-8 10-114-0 10-810-611-715-343-213-85-8 10-1 10-1 9-4 2528231918 ?6245 343540531424721 45343429 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 ac
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . -3 Limerick 77 Armagh 96 DubUn 6-8 Spring. Slimmer. Autumn. Year. 5-3 6- 5-1 7 4-5 7- 3-8 5- 2-1 7-( 6-9 7 9-4 8-^ 6-2 9- 6-9 9- 6-4 11 9-6 12- 22-8 33- 7-1 13- 3-7 6- 11-7 11- 7-1 9- 6-8 8- 5-9 8- 7-4 11-4 7-3 5-85-8 10-114-0 10-810-611-715-343-213-85-8 10-1 10-1 9-4 2528231918 ?6245 343540531424721 45343429 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 vitahty 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.—Rain Map of the British to Symons. Scale 1 : 10,600, ENGLISH Cr Under 25 in. 25 to 30 in. 30 to 40 in 40 to 45 in 45 to 75 in. Over 75 i _-^—^-. 100 Miles. 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* MacCulloch, Statistical Account of the British Empire, i. FLORA. 23 without being inconvenienced to tlie same extent as would Bretons or Provencalsunder similar circumstances. On the other hand, foreigners born under brighterskies generally complain about the paleness of the sun, and of the fogs, which insome o
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