. The earth and its inhabitants ... , and to recruit their strength by a lengthened residence in bracingmountain air or on the seaside. The towns and villages which border the lakes ofCumberland and the lochs Scotland—Lomond, Katrine, Awe, Rannoch, Errocht— 440 THE BRITISH ISLES. are, in trutli, but suburbs of London. * The same might be said of Brightonand of the many other watering-places which stud the coasts of the English andIrish Channels, and of the North Sea. Have not Bath, Malvern, Leamington, andCheltenham been built expressly that Englishmen of wealth may enjoy themselveswhilst bene
. The earth and its inhabitants ... , and to recruit their strength by a lengthened residence in bracingmountain air or on the seaside. The towns and villages which border the lakes ofCumberland and the lochs Scotland—Lomond, Katrine, Awe, Rannoch, Errocht— 440 THE BRITISH ISLES. are, in trutli, but suburbs of London. * The same might be said of Brightonand of the many other watering-places which stud the coasts of the English andIrish Channels, and of the North Sea. Have not Bath, Malvern, Leamington, andCheltenham been built expressly that Englishmen of wealth may enjoy themselveswhilst benefiting their health? And some of these watering-places are trulysumptuous, abounding in almost palatial dwelling-houses replete with everyluxury and convenience. The annual increase of the population is almost wholly due to an excess of birthsover deaths, and would be still more considerable if the surplus were not reduced Fig. 217.—Increase or Dkcuease of the Natives of each County, 18G1— to E. G. 0- NA/ofGr Prrrrase. Increase. kv.\l 15 to 10per cent. 10 tooper cent. Iilllllllllllll HHIII10 to 20per cent. 1^^ Over 15per cent. 0 to 10per cent. Over 20per cent The map is shaflfd to exhibit the increase or decrease of the natives of each cminty, inospcctiveof such natives residing in the covinty of their- bhth or elsewhere in the United Kin^doin. by emigration. Even in Ireland, the population of which has only very recentlyshown signs of a slight increase, the birth rate, ever since the great famine, hasbeen higher than the death rate. Taking the average for the last ten years, thebirths exceeded the deaths annually to the extent of 430,000, and it is satisfactoryto be able to assert that whilst the birth rate is rising, the death rate is steadily * N. Hawthorne, English Note-Books. STATISTICS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 411 declining—a proof of tlie greater wealth of the people no less than of the beneficialinfluence of sanitary improvements.* The
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