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as for instance between Karlshamn 
and Karlskrona, a distance of about 
thirty miles. It is, no doubt, owing 
to this fact that the whole stretch 
of coast has been changed, and 
even scientific rarities have been 
destroyed. 
In England, the once beautiful 
Millers Dale, in Derbyshire, and the 
famous gorge of Cheddar, in Somerset, 
are similarly disfigured (C. E. Moss). 
In Saxon Switzerland, on both 
sides of the Elbe, there are nearly 
300 quarries, owing to which some 
examples of the most beautiful scenery 
in Europe have been destroyed. Be- 
tween the Bastei and Pirna, the 
quarrying of sandstone takes up more 
than half the bank of the river. 
Of course, the stone industry yields 
a very good return. From it, Sweden 
obtained in 1901 an income of more 
than ^500,000, and Saxony more than 
