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CHAPTER I--ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANSIf you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand uppercorner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They areEn… Plus…

CHAPTER I--ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANSIf you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand uppercorner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They areEngland and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greaterpart of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The littleneighbouring islands, which are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots,are chiefly little bits of Scotland,--broken off, I dare say, in thecourse of a great length of time, by the power of the restless water.In the old days, a long, long while ago, before Our Saviour was born onearth and lay asleep in a manger, these Islands were in the same place,and the stormy sea roared round them, just as it roars now. But the seawas not alive, then, with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to andfrom all parts of the world. It was very lonely. The Islands laysolitary, in the great expanse of water. The foaming waves dashedagainst their cliffs, and the bleak winds blew over their forests; butthe winds and waves brought no adventurers to land upon the Islands, andthe savage Islanders knew nothing of the rest of the world, and the restof the world knew nothing of them.It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famousfor carrying on trade, came in ships to these Islands, and found thatthey produced tin and lead; both very useful things, as you know, andboth produced to this very hour upon the sea-coast. The most celebratedtin mines in Cornwall are, still, close to the sea. One of them, which Ihave seen, is so close to it that it is hollowed out underneath theocean; and the miners say, that in stormy weather, when they are at workdown in that deep place, they can hear the noise of the waves thunderingabove their heads. So, the Phoenicians, coasting about the Islands,would come, without much difficulty, to where the tin and lead were.The Phoenicians traded with the Islanders for these metals, and gave theIslanders some other useful things in exchange. The Islanders were, atfirst, poor savages, going almost naked, or only dressed in the roughskins of beasts, and staining their bodies, as other savages do, withcoloured earths and the juices of plants. But the Phoenicians, sailingover to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium, and saying to thepeople there, 'We have been to those white cliffs across the water, whichyou can see in fine weather, and from that country, which is calledBRITAIN, we bring this tin and lead,' tempted some of the French andBelgians to come over also. These people settled themselves on the southcoast of England, which is now called Kent; and, although they were arough people too, they taught the savage Britons some useful arts, andimproved that part of the Islands. It is probable that other people cameover from Spain to Ireland, and settled there. Digital Content>E-books>Juv Young Readers>Juv Young Readers>Juv Fiction PB, SAP Digital >16<

ISBN: 2940013442788

CHAPTER I--ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANSIf you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand uppercorner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They areEn… Plus…

CHAPTER I--ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANSIf you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand uppercorner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They areEngland and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greaterpart of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The littleneighbouring islands, which are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots,are chiefly little bits of Scotland,--broken off, I dare say, in thecourse of a great length of time, by the power of the restless water.In the old days, a long, long while ago, before Our Saviour was born onearth and lay asleep in a manger, these Islands were in the same place,and the stormy sea roared round them, just as it roars now. But the seawas not alive, then, with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to andfrom all parts of the world. It was very lonely. The Islands laysolitary, in the great expanse of water. The foaming waves dashedagainst their cliffs, and the bleak winds blew over their forests; butthe winds and waves brought no adventurers to land upon the Islands, andthe savage Islanders knew nothing of the rest of the world, and the restof the world knew nothing of them.It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famousfor carrying on trade, came in ships to these Islands, and found thatthey produced tin and lead; both very useful things, as you know, andboth produced to this very hour upon the sea-coast. The most celebratedtin mines in Cornwall are, still, close to the sea. One of them, which Ihave seen, is so close to it that it is hollowed out underneath theocean; and the miners say, that in stormy weather, when they are at workdown in that deep place, they can hear the noise of the waves thunderingabove their heads. So, the Phoenicians, coasting about the Islands,would come, without much difficulty, to where the tin and lead were.The Phoenicians traded with the Islanders for these metals, and gave theIslanders some other useful things in exchange. The Islanders were, atfirst, poor savages, going almost naked, or only dressed in the roughskins of beasts, and staining their bodies, as other savages do, withcoloured earths and the juices of plants. But the Phoenicians, sailingover to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium, and saying to thepeople there, 'We have been to those white cliffs across the water, whichyou can see in fine weather, and from that country, which is calledBRITAIN, we bring this tin and lead,' tempted some of the French andBelgians to come over also. These people settled themselves on the southcoast of England, which is now called Kent; and, although they were arough people too, they taught the savage Britons some useful arts, andimproved that part of the Islands. It is probable that other people cameover from Spain to Ireland, and settled there. Digital Content>E-books>Young Readers>Juv Young Reader>Juv Young Reader, SAP Digital >16<

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