6 



THE BRITISH ISLES. 



not without danger, owing to conflicting currents and the sand-banks which cumber 

 the approaches. The most famous of these banks are the Goodwins, off the coast 

 of Kent, within which lies the roadstead called the Downs, a great resort of vessels 

 waiting for favourable winds and tides. The English Channel gradually increases 



Fig. 3.— The Iuish Sea. 

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in depth as we proceed to the westward, until, off Land's End, it exceeds 300 

 feet. 



The Irish Sea is far more considerable in depth than the German Ocean, and 

 Ireland was an island lying off the coast of Western Europe long before Great 



