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Title: A short history of England
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Cheyney, Edward Potts, 1861-1947
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Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Ginn and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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but less smoky industries, and not far away richdairying districts form a peaceful contrast to the manufacturingtowns. Beyond this central plain rise the mountainous districts, — thehigh moors of Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall in the southwest;Wales in the west; the Lake District in the northwest; and thePennine Chain, rising from the midlands and extending northinto Scotland. The population of the moors and mountain val-leys is necessarily sparse and their industries are simple. But onthe edge of the mountain ranges where they drop to the plain orthe shore, the greater number of the mines of tin, copper, andlead lie, and here there are several large cities and a thickerpopulation. 4. Climate. —The aspect of England compared with the con-tinental countries is remarkably green. It is made so by therich growth of grass and other herbage, and by the verdure andundergrowth of the woods. This luxuriance of growth is due totwo causes, — the frequent rains and fogs and the mild climate.
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English Verdure, Aldenham Park, Hertfordshire THE GEOGRAPHY OF ENGLAND 7 There is often a superabundance of wet weather, especially inthe west; a drought is very unusual. The weather is seldom veryhot in summer or very cold in winter, although England is in thesame latitude as Labrador in America and as central Russia onthe continent of Europe. Plowing can be done in much of Eng-land as early as February and as late as November. These twoconditions, the large rainfall and the mild and equable climate,are due to the position of the British Isles. They lie in the pathof a current of southwest winds which blow more than half thedays of the year. These winds give the surface waters of theocean a set toward the northeast, and bring the warmer watersof southern latitudes to the western and southern shores ofGreat Britain and Ireland. The southwest winds also carry thiswarmth and the moisture of the ocean far inland, moderatingthe cold .of winter and causing frequent rains and fogs.1 The rep

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