. Three weeks in the British Isles . s are known as Derry Dozens,and it is on some of these that villas were con-structed, in the hope of securing a return on theinvestment. One thing that grates on the American isabsentee ownership of thousands of acres andwhole cities. This is strongly accented inLondonderry, which is almost entirely ownedin London by certain companies, survivors ofthe guilds of olden days. Most of Portrush belongs to the Earl ofAntrim, together with a great deal of the sur-rounding country. The Marquis of Donegalowns thousands of acres in Counties Londonderryand Donegal, ne
. Three weeks in the British Isles . s are known as Derry Dozens,and it is on some of these that villas were con-structed, in the hope of securing a return on theinvestment. One thing that grates on the American isabsentee ownership of thousands of acres andwhole cities. This is strongly accented inLondonderry, which is almost entirely ownedin London by certain companies, survivors ofthe guilds of olden days. Most of Portrush belongs to the Earl ofAntrim, together with a great deal of the sur-rounding country. The Marquis of Donegalowns thousands of acres in Counties Londonderryand Donegal, next on the west. There is a hopeful tone about the people underthe new land act, and the Boer War did a greatdeal to unify the three kingdoms, as they callthem in Ireland. The Irish car driver is a glib talker and un-hampered by facts. You can get any opinionyou want on politics, religion or weather. Take,for example, the siege of Derry. The driversays it lasted six weeks. The verger of thinks it must have been six or more. Londonderry 221 months. The guide book giv^s one hundred andfive days, which is the correct time. George Walker, the hero of the siege, waskilled in less than a year afterward at the Battleof the Boyne, July i, 1690. He should havegone back to preaching. 222 Three Weeks in the British Isles XXI Westport and the Connemara Country ^PniE arise early and take the seven thirtyIf W train to Westport. It will consumeI^^JIJ eight and a half hours, going a littleover one hundred miles. We skirtCounty Donegal and go through Tyrone, Fer-managh, Sligo and Mayo. That represents considerable travel to thesepeople. At least you would think so to hear ourcar driver enumerate the towns he has visited inhis lifetime, all within twenty miles of Derry. Hewinds up with, An Ive been to Donegal twicet,but that was thirty year ago, afore they put therailroad in. Up at the Giants Causeway the old womanwho is barmaid at the Giants Well said that thehills around her measured
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