LECTURE II.--London, the Imperial City, with fifty-nine lantern slides 17 LECTURE III.--The Scenery of the United Kingdom, with fifty-three lantern slides 32 LECTURE IV.--Historic Centres and their Influence upon National Life, with forty-four lantern slides 46 LECTURE V.--Country Life and the Smaller Towns, with sixty-one lantern slides 59 LECTURE VI.--The Great Towns, their Industries, and Commerce, with forty-seven lantern slides 73 LECTURE VII.--The Defences of the Empire, with fifty-four lantern slides 84 SEVEN LECTURES on the UNITED KINGDOM. LECTURE I. THE VOYAGE FROM INDIA TO LONDON. [Sidenote: 1. Map of the Indian Ocean.] The British Empire consists of a number of lands scattered over the whole world. Some of the most important of these lands are round the Indian Ocean. In this map we see to the east Australia, to the west South Africa, and to the north India, which are three out of the six or seven great lands belonging to the Empire. Then there are smaller lands; some of them so small that on the general map of the Indian Ocean they hardly appear. We can only show their names and a dot for their positions. Such, notwithstanding their importance in the world’s trade, are Singapore, Mauritius, and Aden. There are other lands of intermediate size, and notable of these is the Island of Ceylon. Among the smallest of all the British Territories are the Seychelles, a coaling station for the Fleet, placed nearly midway between Mauritius, Zanzibar, and Colombo. On the mainland of Africa in the neighbourhood of Zanzibar is also the considerable territory of British East Africa, through which runs the Uganda Railway from Mombasa to the great lake of Victoria Nyanza and the sources of the River Nile. [Sidenote: 2. Map of India.]