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Thus Augsburg lies at the northern extremity of the Lechfeld, a height of land 

 separating the Lech from the Wertach, but all the neighbouring villages occupy 

 the hills commanding the swampy bottoms. The inhabitants of Bavaria were 

 only able to approach the rivers of the country after they had "regularised" 

 them. As to the minor streams which rise on the plateau itself, and flow gently 

 towards the Danube, they have naturally attracted a considerable population, 

 for the valleys which they traverse are fertile. 



The Danube, in the upper part of its course, is a gentle river, risino- in the 



Fig. 134. — Blaubeuken. 

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Black Forest. Its head- streams, the Brigach and Brege, rise the one to the north, 

 the other to the south, of the Tryberg, a mountain within the Baden boundary, 

 much frequented by pilgrims. These two streams unite at Donaueschingen, where 

 they are reinforced by a clear spring, usually described as the veritable source of 

 the Danube. At all events thence to the Black Sea the river has been known as 

 the Danube since the legions of Tiberius first set foot upon its banks. For some 

 15 miles the river flows to the south-east, as if about to discharge itself into the 

 Lake of Constanz ; and indeed a considerable proportion of its water finds its 

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