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THE BRITISH ISLES. 



backs of tlic colleges, form a beautiful leafy screen bordering upon a river alive 

 with gaily decorated rowing-boats. The j)ublic buildings of Cambridge are 

 upon the whole inferior to those of Oxford, although there are amongst them- 



Fit;-. 111. — Camiiiiidge. 



Prom till- (Inliiuncc M:ip. Sciilo 1 : n;?,aiïf. 



. 1 Mile. 



several which for size, stateliness, and beauty of architecture need not fear com- 

 parison. They are constructed of more durable stone, and the delicate tracery 

 wrought by the sculptor's chisel survives in its pristine beauty.* King's College 

 • Demogeot et Montucci, '• De l'Enseignement supârieur en Angleterre et en Ecosse." 



