. The earth and its inhabitants ... ^?^r „,.-*^^. — Foundered. ° Damaged. those of aU other nations, and the capital required for the construction of steamersadapted for navigating this canal was readily English mariners have not only taken possession of the fishing banks aroundthe British Islands, but also frequent the waters of Newfoundland, Iceland, * More than two-thirds of the foreign and colonial trade of the United Kingdom is carried on inBritish bottoms. t Bagehot, Lombard Street. STATISTICS OP THE UNITED KINGDOM. 465 Baffins Bay, and Spitzbergen. There are several ports,

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. The earth and its inhabitants ... ^?^r „,.-*^^. — Foundered. ° Damaged. those of aU other nations, and the capital required for the construction of steamersadapted for navigating this canal was readily English mariners have not only taken possession of the fishing banks aroundthe British Islands, but also frequent the waters of Newfoundland, Iceland, * More than two-thirds of the foreign and colonial trade of the United Kingdom is carried on inBritish bottoms. t Bagehot, Lombard Street. STATISTICS OP THE UNITED KINGDOM. 465 Baffins Bay, and Spitzbergen. There are several ports, such as Stornoway inthe Outer Hebrides, which have become trysting-places of hundreds of fishing-boats, which sometimes sail in company, like flocks of gulls taking to British fisheries employ about 2G,000 boats, manned by 60,000 men, andtheir produce yields a considerable surplus for exportation to the continent.* Fig. 229.—Caxals and Navigable Rivers.

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