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THE BBITISII ISLES. 



time of Henry III. ; but Forfsea, with ito floafinj,' basins, covers an area of 290 

 acres, and its arsenal, armory, and ship-yards abound in objects calculated to 

 rivet the attention. Here may be seen the most perfect and ingenious machinery 

 for making blocks, rivets, and bolts, and the amplest arrangements for the construc- 

 tion and rt^pair of wooden and iron ships. Off the dockyard lies Nelson's celebrated 

 flagship, the Victori/, and looking northward, we discern, clearly standing out against 

 the sky, an obelisk which has been erected in his memory. Gonport, besides large 

 barracks, contains the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard, a huge establishment. 

 Haslar Hospital, for sailors and soldiers, lies about a mile beyond the town. Life 

 in Portsmouth may be said to be concentrated in the dockyard, to which the town 



Fig. 77. — POKTSMOUTH AND APPROACHES. 

 Scfile 1 : 185,000. 



50 W.of G. 



Foreshore. 



Depth under 

 2| Fathoms. 



3 Miles. 



is indebted for its prosperity ; but there remains a small surplus of energy for 

 carrying on a not inconsiderable coasting trade. Charles Dickens is the most 

 illustrious amongst the men born here. 



Hiivant, at the head of Langston Harbour, to the cast of Portsmouth, is a 

 small market town ; whilst Hay ling, on the flat island of the same name, 

 aspires to the honour of being a watering-place, and engages in oyster-breeding. 

 Fefersfiekl, an old parliamentary borough, close to the Sussex border, is a pretty 

 market town at the northern foot of the South Downs. 



The north-eastern point of Hampshire lies within the basin of the Thames. 

 Here are Basin gsfokc, Alton, and Aldersliot. The first is the centre of one of 



