Photo and copyright by G. R. Ballance 

 A CAUVARY AT B0ZE;N, TYROL 



There is a profusion of nice walks amid novel and truly beautiful scenery round Bozen, 

 and the archaeologist can visit a great number of interesting castles and churches, some in 

 ruins, others in semi-habitable condition. 



neighbors of Servia, Bulgaria, Rou- 

 mania, and Greece there is a blending 

 of the Eastern and Western civiliza- 

 tions and religions, finally fading into 

 the pronounced Eastern type in Turkey 

 herself, the last real remnant of Asiatic 

 influences in Europe. 



AUSTRIA IS INDUSTRIAT, HUNGARY 

 AGRICUTTURAL 



The customs-union between Austria 

 and Hungary has rendered these coun- 

 tries a commercial unit ; but, roughly 

 speaking, Hungary is the agricultural 

 and pastoral country, while Austria is in- 

 dustrial. 



The great Hungarian plains, with their 

 rich pasturage, produce magnificent cat- 

 tle and yield great quantities of cereals 

 of every variety, and in both there is an 

 important export trade. Hungary is also 

 the richest country in Europe in mineral 

 deposits, the range of which is singularly 

 wide ; gold, silver, and opals are found ; 

 the most precious but the least important, 

 more prosaic but of infinitely greater 



value, are the coal and iron deposits, 

 while the salt mines in Transylvania — 

 a government monopoly — are famous 

 throughout the world. 



The industrial life of Hungary is still 

 in its infancy, as the Magyar government 

 did not realize the value of native manu- 

 factures till a few years ago ; recently it 

 has been exerting strenuous efl^orts in this 

 direction and, taking adverse conditions 

 into account, has so far been very suc- 

 cessful. Flourishing mills have sprung 

 up all over the country, the flour they 

 produce forming the principal article of 

 export. 



Austria, while by no means lacking in 

 the prodtiction of raw materials, bulks 

 larger as an industrial power. Her glass, 

 especially the Bothemian glass, is in great 

 demand the world over, and her fancy 

 goods — the Vienna novelty — yield a large 

 revenue. Austria manufactures the raw 

 iron that Hungary produces and does a 

 considerable trade in ironware, especially 

 with India and the East. 



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