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the largest river of Ireland,, in County Cavan, and flows ae hs Allen, Ree, and Derg to Limeri ice it opens out into a magnificent iy. The river is 254 miles in length, navigable for 213 miles. [ ANS, a people of Chinese origin, gs in the 2k vale of Burma,. and the Chinese territory adjacent. Shan states of Burma were annexed the third Burmese War in 1885, and anch ae now runs up the Salwin y into the Shan country. [ ARK, the name given to a large iy of fishes inhabiting almost every of the ocean, but most abundant in tropics. They vary in size from the ish to specimens found in the Indian n and off the shores of Cape Colony, attain a length exceeding 60 feet. pointed snout overhangs the mouth, h is usually furnished with rows of, sharp-cutting teeth. The skin is h and eat with small calcified . The skeleton is composed wholly istle. Tho Blue Shark is fairly common ye coast of Ireland, and in summer visits oast of Cornwall, where it preys on the ls of pilchards and herrings. The Shark, which abounds in warm seas, most formidable creature. It attains agth of from 20 to 35 feet, and its ‘rful jaws are capable of biting a man vo. The Basking Shark is a harmle ies. It receives its name from its t of lying motionle on the surface he water. A species known as the nland Shark, inhabiting the Arctic in, is Said to attack the whale. [s. 276]