

Mjagtk.eeg.aryo.1 Hi ill i II **- i****?**?*^ 

 very *>. * > * *> * '. r*ed. <* 

 .r IW re** towen. i UM Hnke. *Me of the 



te^M uv MMhtftt fe wtoolflkDT MMM04 flf QMOMi* UM 



, III! I..'.'. an. very W >UJy river. deod fro-thi. 



water, to th. 



are verv I 



nov eaow at lk*M go to UM MMM OM MM M wooon cne 

 IMte.aUMr.fcn into Ik. Ob. and *M u> UM NorthSea^ On 



Ber~iJu. Metal* ar* 



feMytM^U IK.IBJW*; gold ooear* in mil qaantitM*; ailver 

 b W iWfcrt. *d wtedV 



= .oe. cobalt, 



fc.W<4mka. 

 ld 



t*tebly ; load and iron are largely 

 alt, and cinnabar ar* common. Cad 



rwtod by a*****! range. 4 inferior elevation; 

 Ik. XarUMra BUI. orTrapr Mouatain*, .preed. 

 and th. more eaaUMrly. called the Midland 

 i MM* of tfce Bn*nte Fore* chain, eon*** of 



aaUMriy. call 

 of tk* Bohemian FureH 

 . ud oo* or two 



(urface, very frv- 

 with a general 



of UM 



of KMonte aad Cfcrmdim. from N*otedt to 

 Tk* country i* foil of valley* and m..iin- 



MB MHO, ao*oag which we may meutiun UM delightful valley, of 

 UM Bb. ead Bora; bat Ik* input i* UM nimmgrund or Qianf* 



Tb. wool* of Bohemia being at a 

 r* rio* either within or cl.e upon it* 



TV 



i UM Mrtk-eMl part of Uw eountrv. It ori| 

 nt* tere brodk*. UM Whjto-water and Klb* hmok, 



It origiwtoi in tb* 



OMBlMtod 



It (oraM MI DMBT |M* rich alluvium by tb* orer- 

 f Ito hiK < JOM> Hnmli aftor a oonrnt of abut 

 M HirnMfciihnli.il, BMT HrhuHUii. where it mton tb* 

 frias'My lu MUTM an 4UUO TOT! abnn> UM lr.l of tb 



b w* 



It. j*inoipal 

 a and Bpr. T 



tt alr rt. 



ar. th* Moldaa 



OWiwbn. fa UwllobMiian Fomt 



bM uf the Iterviui bailiwick of Wolf- 



of MM kW*>m. tokw a torUMriy dirae- 



_ttm, teke. a northerly , 



UM heart eftk. i j Miry, ond Mi lato UM Pb. 

 Mltoft. ftHOQWrtbendtoUMeaH. The MoldeM, termed UM Witw* 

 % *^eiw far OMM <M U1 befor* tt jMO with tb* 



Mk UM tta M Marly a. brood o* thai river. From Bud wet*, wber* 

 to kooMM* orhjitil*. to Prag**, (t* length i* about ISO mile*, and 

 fceo* Ptogao to Motoft ak*M U mil.* IU breadth at Prague 



I* till fa* at KremeM. daalnM* at UM bridg* to Pnn* 

 M* fce*. The %er. ealled the fh*b by UM lliiboiilin. 



DO* mr from nuenlain. The 



Mrt Mariu of viotot 

 walUd in with 

 of 



k- klafc fc. i _ t_ . 



B% WMMI DM DVMI anoMd m 

 , UM EIWoMMitobei 



i of water in 

 efkeMohlMii 

 itotketrtaWljWMoomM. 



of weev.BekiOBiake.no take*. Tber. 



rtk*s 



The only pM railway in Dobemia i. a pon 



grwt Au.trn litM doMTUMd under AriTHU. which oonnocU Vieuua 

 wiUi Drli. Berlin, and UM othr chief citie. of Oennanr ami UM 

 it generally. Thu line enter* liubemia from Saxony noar 

 h ami run* woth ward to Pngu* (80 mil**), whence, under tb* 

 itle of the 1'nvT". iliinil/. ami Vienna railway, it run* nearly ea*t 

 o Bobm-Trubau (101 niil.>, wln-n- it turn* wuthward to Vienna; a 

 ew mile* aoutb from Ifc.lim .Tnil*u it quit. Bohemia. At i 

 Trubau, a loop-lin* which pam* by OlmuU div*rg* *a.twar! 

 horUy afUrwani* quit* Itohemia, There U abo a line chin: 

 mineral* from Budweii .outhward to l.iii* and OiuudfU ; the carriage* 

 r drawn by boma, and uaaift*ri *** na * oonreyed on that part of 

 the line which belong* to Bohemia. 



tiM*oy, Materalafff, .V. The geological character of Bohemia ha* 

 J*B .ufficietitly d*wiib*d under AtwniA. From /.i|.|- Sin 

 womld appar that the whole of the mountain* which iucloae IV. : 

 ar* of primitive formation, with the exception of two poinU, the one 

 n the north where the Kibe quite Bohemia, and the other in the 

 north-writ, about Braunau and Trautcnau, which are of a later 

 onaation. A Tory extensive formation of aaad*tone u obaerved in 

 the heart of the country ; and there U one mont remarkable maw, 

 UM Steinwald, near Adenbaeh, which i* nearly 5 mile* in length and 

 above a mile in breadth. It atand* at aoma point* in compact ma****, 

 and in other* u ahaped into lofty column*, pyramid*, cone*, Ac., 

 orming immeune labyrinth*. In many part* again there are hill* 

 and mountain* oompo**d of a aolid maa* of bualt 



Bohemia contain* large inaaie* of quartz, granite, and aandctone ; 

 ireciou* *tone*, particularly the celebrated Bohemian gai-i. 

 lyrope, rubiea, aapphire*, topan*, ohryiolite*, amethyotx, com 

 ihalcwlonie*, and agate*; limartone*, beautiful marble*, |K>rceliun 

 earth, alate*, potter 1 * clay, between twenty and thirty ipecie* of 

 aerprntine, baaalt, porphyry, fto. The mountain district* yield i,-..!.! 

 though now but a small quantity) anil nilver, .pii. k-ih-T. tin, lend, 

 ron, buoautli, rino, cobalt, anenic, monganen, nickel, . 

 Uf *alU Bohemia furniiihe* native, alum, natron, scvei 

 vitriol, and alroo*t every variety of officinal aaltn from it* n. 

 pring* ; aad a* oommon *alt ia extrtctw) from *nnic nf the xpringi 

 t na* been inferred that bed* of rock-*alt exist in ome quartorm. 

 'n*iderml>le atraU of milphiirou* !, a* well a* coal*, have been 

 liund, and in *ome direction* peat-turf in dug ; black-lend nf good 

 quality llkewiae frequently oocure. The country in <-\tr>-nu-ly rii-li in 

 mineral wU-m, and aeveral of them are in groat repute : of mich a* 

 are publicly known there are upward* of 160. At the head 



rrugluuu* pnng* are the Franxen* Brunnen near Kger, the three 

 pring* at Marienbad, and that at QieMhubl ; among the nlkaline 

 prmgi are thoae of Carlabad and Teplitc, one at Marienbn<l. 

 other* at Ililin. IJebwerda, *c. ; there are bitter waten at S. 

 iaidwbita, and Plillna; mlpbiiruu* ipring* at TeptiU, Sober- 

 ic. ; aluminou* and vitriolic *pring* at Steoknitx, Mocheno, Zlnnita, 

 ko. ; carbonic acid water* at CarUudt ; and aaline *prings at S 

 and in other place*. The virtue* of the ipringi of Citrlxluul, a* well 

 a* the beauty of the adjacent *cenery, have placed that *pot at the 

 Mad of the bath* of Oermany, and acquired for it t i i. m of 



' the Pearl of Bohemia.' The temperature of som.- 

 moment of their finrt emuwon i* not lea than from ,v.< to 60 of 

 Reaumur (about 165' of Fahrenheit) ; that of the prrag* of T. i 

 30* (98* Fahr.) ; the Francena Brunnen near Eger not more than 

 B* or 10* (64* Fahr.). A large quantity of mineral water U annually 

 sported from the Bohemian apring*. 



Soil, Prod*elut<u, At. The elevation of the interior of 



Bohemia and iU retnoteneM from any coait, for it i* T 

 dintont from the Baltic and Mediterranean, give it a i-lo.ir HIII! Kahi- 

 briou* atmoiphere and general conatancy of weatli. r Tli.' <-limto 

 naturally become* keener and bleaker a* the chain* of mountain* 

 which encircle Bohemia rine in height The region* about UotUwgab 

 (Ood't Oift) in the Ore Mountain* are considered the coldest in 

 Bohemia, and there are few month* of the year in which there i not 

 need of fir*; nor will grain ripen in them. In the Bohemian 1 

 raage, wker* UM mow frequently lie* 12 feet deep, and doe* not 

 disappear until UM middle of April, a* well a* in Utoae part* of the 

 prorino* of Budwei* which an aaturated with mouture, there are 

 many district* in general covered with wood* or formt* which arc not 

 hal.iuble. Tk*Mantomperatureat PragoeUTf Rwiui.uir - 

 Fahr.t. whiUt on UM elevated rite of Rehtwrg it i* not mure than 

 ,V Fahr.). In the neighbourhood of Retcbeoborg, where the 

 barve*t i* two or thre* week* later than in the low count rv. tli,- 

 %h*t deer** of heat ba. been found to be 12' Koau. (50- Kahr.), 

 d MM wvereH degree of oold ' (18-6* Fahr). The pr. 

 ind* Mow from we*t to none point* north, and from went to Home 



point* louth. Tk*M wind*, according to Diack, invariably bring dry 

 weather to winter but wet fa rammer ; the more aoutherly their (mint 

 of departure in ummer the Oner the weather. In winter it ix pre- 

 i*el* the rover**, they being oroally accompanied by rain* and thaw*. 

 On UM other hand UM nearer to the north their point. 

 UM nor* frequent aad the more violent ar* the rtornu by which they 



The *oil of Bohemia rario* eonnderably in productivenen, but it ia 

 aowber* enluvly *Urile except fa certain part* of the Bohemian 



