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EONISE
LONDONDERRY
COPYRIGHT 1894, BY THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
OVER.
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LONDONDERRY,
OR DERRY, A CITY, SEAPORT AND PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGH IN THE
NORTH OF IRELAND, 18 SITUATED ON AN EMINENCE OVERLOOKING THE
RIVER FOYLE, 3 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH AND 18 MILES FROM THE EN-
TRANCE TO LOUGH FOYLE.
BY RAIL, IT IS 163 MILES NORTH NORTH-
WEST OF DUBLIN AND 95 MILES NORTH-WEST OF BELFAST. LONDON-
DERRY GREW UP AROUND A MONASTERY FOUNDED HERE IN 546 BY ST.
COLUMBIA. IT WAS FREQUENTLY HELD BY THE DANES, FROM THE 9TH TO
THE 11TH CENTURY. THE HARBOR OF LOUGH FOYLE 18 DEEP, EXTENSIVE
AND SAFE, AND TWO OF THE GREAT ATLANTIC LINERS STOP AT THE
HARBOR'S ENTRANCE ON THEIR TRIPS EACH WAY BETWEEN EUROPE AND
AMERICA.
THE SCENERY IN IRELAND IS BEAUTIFUL AND THE CLIMATE
MORE EQUABLE THAN THAT OF GREAT BRITAIN.
THE SEWING MACHINE
FORMS ONE OF THE EXTRA SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION IN THE NATIONAL
SCHOOLS OF IRELAND, AND THE "SINGER” HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE
BEST MACHINE FOR THIS PURPOSE.
OUR PICTURE REPRESENTS A MAN
AND WOMAN OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY HABITED IN THE DRESS MOST FRE-
QUENTLY WORN BY THEM.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
