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Prague. Plan of the Bohemian city, capital of the republic of Czecbo-Slovakia 



churches, chapels, gateways, and 

 towers. There are two universities. 



The site has naturally become a 

 nodal point for the rlys. of 

 Bohemia, while the lower Moldau 

 and the Elbe give routes for river 

 traffic to Hamburg. Breweries, 

 textile factories, iron-foundries, and 

 machine shops are the principal 

 industrial establishments. Pop. 

 224,000. See Clock ; Moldau. , 



Prague, BATTLE OF. Victory or 

 Frederick the Great in the Seven 

 Years' War, May 6, 1757. Freder- 



ick began the campaign of 1757 by 

 marching on Prague, which \vas 

 held by Charles of Lorraine with 

 some 75,000 Austrians. Attacking 

 the Austrians on their left flank, 

 Frederick ordered a general ad- 

 vance. The battle, which was 

 fiercely contested, was going 

 against Frederick, who had lost 

 heavily, when a desperate cavalry 

 charge against the Austrians' wings 

 broke their defence and put them 

 to flight. They retreated into 

 Prague, having lost over 10,000 



men and 4,300 prisoners. The 

 Prussian losses were even heavier, 

 but they held the field and laid 

 siege to the city. . 



Prah OR PRA. River of West 

 Africa, in the Gold Coast Colony. 

 It rises E. of Bompata, flows S.E. 

 on the boundary between Ashanti 

 and the Gold Coast Provinces, and 

 then S. to the Atlantic Ocean. 



Prahran. Suburb of Melbourne, 

 Australia. It has a rly. junction on 

 the suburban lines which serve the 

 S.E. of the city. 



Prai OR KUALA PRAT. Seaport 

 town of Province Wellesley, one 

 of the Straits Settlements. It 

 stands on the channel separating 

 the mainland from the island of 

 Penang opposite George Town. 



Prain, SIR DAVID (b. 1857). 

 British botanist. Born July 11, 

 1857, he was educated at schools at 

 Fet tercairn 

 and Aberdeen, 

 and at Aber- 

 deen and Edin- 

 burgh Uni- 

 versities. Hav- 

 ing studied 

 medicine, h e 

 became de- 

 monstrator of 

 anatomy a t 

 the college of 

 surgeons, 



Edinburgh, in 1882, and to the 

 university in Aberdeen in 1883. 

 In 1884 he entered the Indian 

 Medical Service. From 1895-1905 

 he was professor of botany at the 

 medical college at Calcutta, and 

 in 1898-1905 director of the bo- 

 tanical survey of India. In 1905 

 Prain was appointed director of 

 the botanic gardens at Kew. In 

 1912 he was knighted. 



Sir David Prain, 

 British botanist 



Prague, Czecho-Slovakia. 1. The Charles Bridge across the Moldau, looking towards Hradcany. On the hill is seen 



the cathedral with the Royal Palace on its left; on the right the Lobkowitz Palace. 2. The Tyn Church, the old Hussite 



centre. 3. Old Town Bridge Tower and the Charles Bridge. 4. Cathedral of S. Vitus, from the east 



