Identifier: ourownislandsele00mackrich (find matches)
Title: Our own islands; an elementary study in geography
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Mackinder, Halford John
Subjects: Great Britain -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, G. Philip
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ceanic climate. At all times of the year it ismoist, and the heat of the summer and the cold ofthe winter are not excessive. Thus it is that inIreland there is not nearly as much snow as inEngland, and the grass remains green and good forthe food of cattle through most of the winter,especially in the west of Ireland. But, on theother hand, Ireland does not grow much wheat,partly because there is too much rain in thesummer, and partly because the summer is nothot enough to ripen the wheat. The wealth of Ireland consists chiefly of horsesand cattle and pigs, and the crops are mostly hayand potatoes and oats. There are nearly as manycattle in Ireland as there are in all Great Britain,although Great Britain is nearly three times aslarge as Ireland. But the sheep of Great Britainare much more numerous than those of Irehuul,for they live on the short mountain grass of thebroad uplands, whereas the rich lowland meadowsof Ireland are fitter for cattle. Statute Miles ~20 40 60 I) oyer 600 feet
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