HUNGARY. 



Salt .'.',443 quintal* towns and villages. The Croals dwell principally on Suti>ti. 



\Vjne .T-',!).)Of cimcrs the banks of the lake Neusiedl, and the counties of ' 'V"^ 



\\heat . . . . 6. 17,^7 I -, : bushels \\ ieselbourg and Oedenbourg ; and the Vandal* on the 



y ar ]ev 7,540 do. mountainous parts of Eiscnbourg. The liam-icnt or 



Millet 14,476 do. Servians came as colonists to Hungary during the reign 



Maize 4,407 i do. of the emperor Sigisraund. They occupy a great part 



0,1, 97,l(k>! do. of the military frontiers, and also many places in the 



Fruit 1,250 quintals interior, and have had considerable privileges granted 



Copper and Silver 2,400 do. to them by the kings of Hungary. 



Timber 24,634 do. The tt'alacliians, who are supposed to be the de- wIhi- 



F ire-wood 850 do. scendants of the ancient Roman colonies, dwell chiefly an*. 



Oak-plank 529 do. in the Bannat on the confines of Walachia, and in the 



Pale* 3,639 do. counties of Arad, Bihar, and Szathmar, in 1,024 towns 



Empty casks 2,376' do. and village*. Those of the Bannat bear a very bad 



Furniture 1,105 do. character. They are noisy and quarrelsome, and fond 



Hay 1 50 do. of gambling. They commit many disorders and crimes, 



Marble 936 do. which have been attributed to the influence of their 



Free-stone 300 do. priests, who are called Popet ; and it has been calcula- 



Tobaoco -71 do. ted, that in twenty executions for capital offences, there 



Planks 1,444 do. is always one pope. 



Mill-stones 4O2 do. The German population is scattered almost equally rnmsn 



Wheel-barrows I'.-y do. over all the kingdom, but it predominates in 921 vil- 



Pitch 115 do. ' lage* and towns in the counties of Zips, Eodenbourg, 



Earthen-ware 6,189 do. and Wieselbourg, and hi some of the royal free cities. 



Hoop* 1 OO do. They are almmt all Suabians, and their reception a* 



Lime 1,450 do* colonists into Hungary is of a late date, chiefly between 



the yean 1765 and 17S7. In the List of these yean 



The population of Hungary i* much less in proper- alone more than thirty villages were built for them. In 



tion to its extent, than that of the neighbouring conn- general the establishment of new colonies in Hungary 



tries of Austria, Moravia, or Bohemia ; and this may have cnst the government more than six millions of flo- 



easily be accounted for from the immense plain* of rin*. The population of the royal free cities varies from 



sand, and the great number* of moraate* and heath*, 30,000 to 1,1 00 inhabitant*. Presbourg, Pesth, and De> 



which render a great portion of the lower plain entirely bretain, are the most populous ; but Rust, on the lake 



uninhabitable. According to M. Demian, the number of Neuiirdl, in 1794, contained only 1,105 inhabitant*. 



of inhabitant* amounts to 6,620,637, making 1 634 to Of the towns, the principal are, Ketschkeraet, contain- 



every square mile. These consist of variety of na- ing, in 1803, 24,000; Nagy-Koros, 12,000; Saarwasch, 



tion*, Hungarian*, Slavons, Walachians, German*, &c. 9,000 ; Subcreny, 12,000 ; and Bekesch, 1 1,000 inha- 



The Hungarian* or Huns, who settled here near the bi tints. The village* are very unequally peopled. In 



end of the ninth century, and gave their name to the the lower plain, some ar* found with six, ten, and 



country, have established themselves in the best and snnsfh'mss twelve thousand souls ; but in the moun- 



mo*t fniitful part of the kingdom. They inhabit al- tainons district* they seldom exceed 700. 



meet all the lower plain, bepinninz at Manaarosch, and Beside* tbe*e principal nations, there are also Maccdo- 



the western part of Hungary, ana form the population niant or Modern Greeks, who have no settled habitations, 



of 3,668 towns and village*. The true Hungarians are but travel over the country, engaged entirely in com- 



of a free and independent character, and affect to de- men*; Jem, who are chiefly itinerant merchants; 



pise the German*. They prefer the trade of anna, or Armenian*, who are employed in agriculture ; and Bo- 



tne labour* of agriculture, to every other employment, kemiant or gypsies. This vagabond race are very nu- 



The dress, called Iff nun in England, consisting of merous in Hungary ; and, in spite of all the attempt* Cr P"'- 



pantaloons and military half-boots, with *pur* fastened of the Emperor Joseph II. to reform and dvilice them, 



to the heels, is sa universal, that it it worn both by they (till maintain their ancient customs and habits, 



boys and men ; and the Hussar uniform, which is pe- Thtwe of the Bannat get their livelihood as itinerant 



eulur to thi* nation, and consists of a tight vest, man- blacksmith* or musicians. During summer they y> 



tie, and furred cap, with the whisker*, give them a almost naked, and are then employed in washing gol>l 



graceful and military appearance. from the sand of the rivers; and in winter they cut 



The Slavons arc more numerous, and are daily in- poons, ladle*, troughs, and other implement!) of wood, 



creasing. They are divided inti, several branches : They form the orchestra at all wedding* and merry 



Slowacs. Ruuniaes, Croats, VandJ*, ar. i Servian* or meeting*; and many of the richest nobles invite them 



Raacien*. The .S'/otrm-i inhabit chiefly the countie* on to their castles, to amuse their guest* with their n 



the north and north- w-t, particularly those of Pres- and national songs. Schwartncr, in his Stai 



bonrg, Neutra, Trentchin, TbtmAa, Sec. and occupy Hungary, attempts to account for this varietv of'popu- 



towns and village*. Of all the inhabitant* of lation : " From the earliest history, Hungary has been 



I funpary, this people are the most fruitful ; for where- the native abode of the Sannatian* or Slavonic tribes, 



ever they have established tbemaelrr* among Hunga- Since the fourth century, it ha* been the hospitable 



run* or Germans, these have cea> -per. and region where reposed the innumerable hordes which 



their families hnve become ext w generations, overturned the Roman Fmjiirr, the aiylum of many 



.iac* have settled ii. uea of Marma- Tartar nations that were driven from their own home*, 



reach, Beregh, &c. bordering < , j. Ac- the paaaage of those fanatic bands of crusaders, whom 



cording to the contention laUei of 1737, th. v amount- the knavery and avarice of monks sent to perish in 



ed to nearly hall' a million of soul*, and peopled 70* Palestine, that they might take possession of their 



