1 10 Europe : — a popular Physical Sketch. 



situated towards SW. where Ben Vyvis attains a height of 

 3733 feet. 



The northern chain, in the Midlands, is called the Inver- 

 ness mountains, among which Ben Nevis, 4373 feet, is 

 the highest in Great Britain. The second chain is called 

 the Grampians, among which Cairngorm is 4053 feet. 



Both of these chains, generally speaking loftier and steeper 

 on the western side, are separated by a long lake, Loch Awe, 

 by Rannoch Moor, and by the river Spey, consequently by 

 a line running from NE. to SW. Less considerable are the 

 mountains of the Lowlands, the direction of which is the 

 same as that of the former, but whose north-eastern part, 

 (Hartfell, 3306 feet) is the highest. 



In England the mountains are completely thrown on the 

 west coast, and appear in three separate portions ; one in 

 the northern provinces, where Hellwyln is 3000, and Skiddaw 

 2986 feet ; a second in North Wales, where Snowdon attains 

 a height of 3626 feet ; and a third portion in the south- 

 western part (Devonshire and Cornwall) where Dartmoor, 

 1813 feet, is the highest. The rest of England presents 

 either hillocks, or is quite flat, which has caused the great 

 number of canal communications between the most distant 

 ports. Thus, for instance, the Thames is connected with 

 the Irish channel. v 



The least connected are the mountains in Ireland, where 

 they, generally speaking, appear near the coasts, whereas 

 the interior of the island is either hilly or quite flat. A 

 flat tract runs across the country, from Dublin to the Bay of 

 Galway, which has nowhere an elevation exceeding 320 feet, 

 and where, in consequence, a canal has been cut. To the 

 highest points in Ireland belong Macgillycuddy's Reeks, 

 3413 feet, and Nephin, 2666 feet. 



From this statement it will be perceived that the mountains 

 of Scotland are higher than those of England ; but they all 

 fall short in height compared to the mountains of Iceland 



