On one of his semi-annual visits to Antrim, Hughie got into a barrel of trouble.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
It is a remarkable fact that at the breaking out of the Crimean war there were less than eight hundred miles of railroad in the Tzar's entire dominions, while to-day there are about twenty thousand miles of well-constructed and efficient roads of this character, forming a complete system permeating all populous sections of the country; and to this may be added an annual increase of from six to eight hundred miles.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
In the time of King and Davenant, 200 years ago or so, the annual produce of England and Wales was forty-three millions, and the rent of land ten millions-little less than one-fourth.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae