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THE BRITISH ISLES. 



called tlio Tynwald, and consisting of two branches— the Governor and Council, 

 and the House of Keys. The inhabitants of the island may consequently claim to 

 form a state within the state. They differ, moreover, from their neighbours on the 

 larcrer islands in their traditions, their double origin, and partly also in language. 



Fig. 148.— The Isle of Man. 

 Scale 1 : 150,000. 



Dep h tmder 11 Fathoms. 



11 to 22 Fathoms. 



•-' to 3.3 Fathoms. 

 2 MUes. 



Over 33 Fathoms. 



Manx holds a middle place between Irish and Scotch Gaelic, but inclines con- 

 siderably to the latter ; but it is spoken now only in some of the more remote 

 districts, and altogether by hardly a fourth part of the population. All but a few 

 of the oldest inhabitants understand Engli.sh. Manx literature, in addition to 

 religious books, includes a few ballads of the sixteenth century. The descent of the 



