Stories of persons and places in Europe . SLATE QUARRIES. Her Majesty and Prince Albert remained on the staircase listening to thestrain until it was ended, and then bowing to the people left the place. On reaching the tunnel pier her Majesty was saluted by fifty coal porters with their faces as black as coals. They raised their fan-tail hats and set up a most tremendous cheer. Her Majesty turned round, smiled and bowed. God bless youmarm roared one of the coaleys with stentorian lungs, I come to Wapping again. The rough manners of the honest fellow pleased her Majesty and the 134 P
Stories of persons and places in Europe . SLATE QUARRIES. Her Majesty and Prince Albert remained on the staircase listening to thestrain until it was ended, and then bowing to the people left the place. On reaching the tunnel pier her Majesty was saluted by fifty coal porters with their faces as black as coals. They raised their fan-tail hats and set up a most tremendous cheer. Her Majesty turned round, smiled and bowed. God bless youmarm roared one of the coaleys with stentorian lungs, I come to Wapping again. The rough manners of the honest fellow pleased her Majesty and the 134 Persons and Places in Europe. Prince very much. Before leaving the tunnel her Majesty was presentedwith a gold medal representing the Tunnel on one side and the illustriousengineer, Sir Lambert Brunei, on the THE THAMESo CHAPTER VI. IRELAND. The country that was once called the Gem of the Sea and the« Emerald Isle, is to-day Poor Erin, Unfortunate Ireland. Her greenforests are sunken into blackbogs ; her prosperity has de-parted ; the subject of herwrongs has filled Nature deals kindlywith her : she has many richacres, which, if properlycared for, would supply allher wants, and the sunkenforests furnish an abund-ance of heat fuel to take theplace of wood and coal. Allshe needs to make her aprosperous and happy coun-try again is good govern-ment. Peat-bogs.— BetweenGalway and Sligo bays, onthe west coast of Ireland, is alarge shoulder of land ex-tending into the , drawn from the north-ern and southern extremitiesof this projection across tothe east, would measure offa belt of country know as the bog region of Ireland. Nearly all of this strip is marshy groundcovered with a growth of mosses, lichens, heaths and grasses. Underneath
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