lEELAND. 



379 



More than once the foreign policy of Great Britain has been hampered through the 

 discontent animating Irishmen on both sides of the ocean. I^or can Eno-lishmen 

 shut their eyes to the fact that the institutions forced by them upon Ireland have 

 yielded no favourable economical results. Within a few miles of the wealthiest 

 island in the world there live the most wretched human beings in Europe. In 

 no other country has famine committed such ravages as on the fertile soil of 



Fig. 190. — Hypsographical Map of Ireland. 

 Scale 1 : 4,500,000. 



r 



HEiGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL 



DEPTH OF SEil 



Over 1,640 Feet. 1,640 to 820 Feet. Under 820 Feet. Uuder b20 Feet. Over 820 Feet. 



—-^— . 50 Mile». 



Ireland, and no other country has poured forth so broad a stream of emigrants. 

 Though nearly as densely peopled as France, Ireland is inferior in that respect to 

 Great Britain, and still more so in its agriculture, industry, commerce, and 

 material wealth. 



Ireland has a mean height of 400 feet,* and its shape is that of a diamond, with 



* Leipoldt, " Ueber die mittlere Hohe Europas." 



