HUNGARY. 



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E.ail\vays render it possible to utilise the resources of Ilangary to a greater 

 extent than could be done formerly, but the want of roads to feed the railways is 

 still very great. To some extent the difficulty of procuring metalling for the 

 roads accounts fur their absence. The railways, however, have a great future 

 before them, whenever the proposed lines across the Balkans and the Carpathians 

 shall have brought Hungary into close connection with the TRgean and the wide 

 plains of Russia. Hungary will then in reality become an integral part of 

 Europe, and a land of transit connecting the West with the East. 



Fig. 6Ô. — A View in the Mining District of Kremnitz. 

 (The Hills of the Mapuva ) 



Towns. 



The aspect of the towns of Hungary changes but slowly, for it is easier to 

 modify our dress than to reconstruct our houses. Formerly the great " towns " 

 in the Hungarian plain were in reality huge villages, having hardly a feature in 

 common with the towns of Western Europe. They were classified according to 

 population and local institutions, but whether known as " royal free cities " or 

 " market towns," they all consisted of an agglomeration of low, detached houses, 

 separated by wide roads, gardens, and ponds. In fact, the " towns " resembled 

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