AGRICULTURE OX THE RUIXE. I 17 



Constance and Basel, although the hilly portions attain 

 no considerable elevation before the traveller readies 

 Pforzheim. In the Palatinate, belonging to Bavaria, ou 

 the left bank of the Rhine, the hilly districts are ex- 

 tensively wooded, and the forest-land, as in Rhenish 

 Prussia, nearly equals the arable land in area. 



Berghaus gives the following as the extent of forest- 

 land in the countries bordering on the Rhine : — 



Arable, &c. Forests. 



Rhenish Prussia 4,130,369 3,148,713 Pruss. Morgen 



Nassau . . 1,076,104 736,377 Nassau do 



Gd. Duchy of Hesse . 2,047,176 1,081,410 Hess. do. 



Baden . . 851,398 1,296,070 Bad. do. 



Rhenish Bavaria . . 926,220 704,706 Ba v. do. 



The whole making a total of about 4,815.600 English 

 acres. 



