iron manufactures; Sheffield for cutlery; Newcastle is in the coal regions and is noted for shipbuilding and for its coal trade.
Manchester is celebrated for cotton goods.
This city is connected with the river Mersey by a ship canal, so that ocean steamers from America, laden with cotton, grain, and cattle, can unload at her docks.
All the large manufacturing cities of Great Britain are in or near the coal mining regions. Much coal is needed to feed the boilers that make steam to run the machinery. Many of these cities grew up before there were any railroads.
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Edinburgh, the old capital of Scotland. -
Custom House, Dublin, Ireland. -
A group of Welsh ladies.
2. Scotland is a hilly country, noted for the beautiful scenery of its lakes and mountains.
Edinburgh (ed'-in-bur-ruh), the ancient capital, is famed for its university. Glasgow is the largest city. It is built along the river Clyde, where there are large shipyards. Engines, boilers, and many kinds of machines are made here. .
3. Wales is a very mountainous country. It has rich mines of copper, coal, and iron.
4. Ireland, the green or “Emerald Isle,” is the home of the Irish people. Dublin is its chief city. Belfast is noted for the making of linen. Many Irish people have come to our country and are among its most useful and valued citizens.
For Recitation.— Of what do the British Isles consist? What is said of the manufactures and commerce of England? What can you say of London? Name several other important cities. What can you say of Scotland? Name the chief cities of Scotland. What are the chief cities of Ireland?
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What ocean is west of the British Isles? What channel and strait is between England and France? What sea and channels separate England from Ireland? What hills are between England and Scotland? In what direction is Ireland from England? Scotland from England? Where is Wales? Where are are the Hebrides (heb'-rid-eez)? The Orkney and Shetland Isles? Where are the Grampian Hills?
The bays on the coast of Scotland are called firths. Name two on the east coast. What is the capital of England? On what river is it? Where is Liverpool? Birmingham? Manchester? Sheffield?
Where is Edinburgh? In what direction is it from London? Where is Glasgow? Dublin? Belfast?
