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at length restored to life; andM.Schcrowitz the chief accompt- 

 ant was dreadt'uily burnt. 



It was in 1800, as a consequence of the treaty of Znaim, thrxt 

 the mines of Idiia as part of the Illvrian provinces came into the 

 possession of France; and the French administration lasted until 

 1813, when the Austrians occupied these provinces by force of 

 arms. 



The town and qlnck^ilver mines of Idria are situated in 31° 

 33' lont^itude, and -16' 16' latitude, about twelve leagues north 

 from Trieste, and twelve !eai;ues north-east from Gorice. 



Under the Austrian regime, Idria was a scignory dependent 

 on the circle of Ad'erbere:. 



Under the Frencli regime, this seignory was a canton, and a 

 mayoralty composed as follows : 



1. Town of Idria. 2. Village of Lower Idria. o. Hamlets 

 of High Canomla. 4. Middle Canomla. .5. Lower Canomla. 

 6. Carnitza. 7. lellitsch vScheuwerk. 8. Tschekounig. 9. 

 Woiska. 10. Magdalenaberg. 



The extent of this domain is about two leagues and two-thirds 

 of a league square, two-thirds of which are forests. 



When I was mayor in 1812, the population was 7060 — of 

 whom 4095 lived in the town of Idria alone. 



The town of Idria is situated in an almost conical basin. It 

 k partly built of the rubbish of the mine. 



A small valley which rises at the well of Sagoda on the Idrixa, 

 and which terminates at the mouth of the Canomla in Lower 

 Idria, gives a course to the torrent of Idrixa. This torrent takes 

 its source in the .Julian Alps, about three leagues from the town. 

 After passing through about nineteen leagues, and operating its 

 junction with the torrent of the Canomla near Lower Idria, it 

 throws itself into the Isonzo near Canale, not far from Gorice. 



The small torrents of the Trebuschanka, the Zalla, the Nicova, 

 and some subterranean springs which flow near the mill of Sa- 

 goda, at least double the volume of the waters of Idrixa. With- 

 out these kinds of springs, which are very aburnlant in all seasons, 

 and which alone are sufficient for putting in motion the various 

 wheels of the above mill, it is certain tiiat the worknsen of the 

 Idrian establishment would want a moving power during sum- 

 mer, in order to put in motion the hydraulic wheels of the ma- 

 chinery for the mercurial preparations. 



The torrent of Canomla (already mentioned) is greatly in- 

 creased by the waters of the torrent of the Woitschiack, and by 

 those of some subteiT;.uean sjuings which issue near ihe mouth 

 of this last torrent. 



The little valley of Canomla is more 0])en and more extensive 



than 



