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GEEMANY. 



The island of Euden, in 1302, still formed part of Eiigen, from which it is 

 now 8 miles distant. Gustavus Adolphus embarked his array upon that island, 

 which would no longer be possible, so fast is it disappearing beneath the waves. 



Riigen is remarkable on account of its geological structure. It is a bit of 

 Scandinavia as it were, being composed of the same rocks as Scania and Seeland. 



Fig. 181. — The Island of Rugen. 

 Scale 1 : fiOO.OOO. 



Deplli under S Fathoms 



il 22 Fat/i.iins Ovi-r S2 Fat.'t 



10 Miles. 



Dazzling cliffs of chalk extend along the eastern shore, rising in the Konigs- 

 stuhl, or " Royal Seat," of the Stubbenkammer to a height of 420 feet. The 

 steep valleys which separate tlie cliffy headlands are not barren, like the 

 vallcuses of Normandy, for the water of the Baltic being almost fresh, the 

 forests of beech descend through them to the seashore. The promontory of 



