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East Of London: The East Anglia bulge of England, north by east of London, is a holiday lodestar because of the Hollandesque Norfolk Broads, whose extensive waterways may be placidly enjoyed by wherry, a rentable "river yacht" on which you'll move at the dizzy speed of a barge. It is really camping on water, and with the right companions it can be marvelous.
To the south and east of this province lie two provinces of low relief—East Anglia, where broad, low-lying fenlands (marshlands) cut by drainage dykes have either been reclaimed from the sea or emerged in the geologically recent up-life of the land relative to the sea; and southeastern England, where the broad, flat features begin to change to an east-west grain, well defined by the axis of the topographic basin in which London is situated, the Hampshire basin, and the low-lying center of the Weald of Kent, flanked by the North and South Downs.
The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 was a severe blow at the square-riggers, for even if they were towed through that 100-mile ditch, they could scarcely make progress through the baffling winds of the Red Sea. With the distance from London to Bombay cut in half, and from London to the Far East reduced by one third as compared with the old voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, the steamers had a tremendous advantage. They could make two or three voyages a year while a clipper was making one. |
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