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principal towns being Leitmeritz (Litomerice, 10,023 inhabitants) and Aussig 

 (10,933 inhabitants). Two famous watering-places, Bilin and Tcplitz (10,155 

 inhabitants), lie to the west of the Elbe, in a country justly renowned for its 

 scenery, and several manufiicturing towns to the east of that river. Amongst 

 the latter are Warmdorf (14,900 inhabitants), ScJwnlinde (6,218 inhabitants), 

 Qeorrjsioalde (8,220 inhabitants), Bàhmisch-Leipa (9,244 inhabitants), and Jimg- 

 Bunztlau (8,695 inhabitants), principally employed in the production of textile 



Fig. 87. — Eeichenberg and its Enyikons. 

 Scale 1 : 288,000. 





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fabrics ; Sfeinschônau and Gahlonz (6,752 inhabitants), which engage in the 

 manufacture of glass; and Eeichenberg (30,000 inhabitants), the first town in 

 the Austrian Empire for its cloth. Placed near to one of the gateways leading 

 into Bohemia, the town carries on an important trade, Traidenau (7,U54 inha- 

 bitants) occupies an anulogous position near the eastern extremity of the Giant 

 Mountains. 



On the Upper Elbe there are no towns of importance. The river below 

 Hohenelbc (5,316 inhabitants), with its cotton and paper mills, flows past 



