PLAINS OF THE ELBE, ODER, AND VISTULA. 



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reo-iments of giants, and the inliuLitants are still remarkable for their tall 

 stature. 



Bernaii (6,469 inhabitants), on the Stettin Railway ; Nauen (6,929 inhabitants), 

 on the Hamburg one ; and three manufacturing towns in the direction of Leipzig, 

 viz. Luckenicahle (13,816 inhabitants), Jiiterhogk (6,776 inhabitants), and Trciien- 

 hriezen (5,466 inhabitants), may be looked upon as the advanced posts of Berlin. 

 Even Brandenburg (27,371 inhabitants), the capital of the March, occupies a some- 

 what similar position. It is a prosperous town, about half-way between Berlin and 

 Magdeburg, near where the Havel turns to the north, and its shipping trade is 

 considerable. 



Other towns of importance are scarce in the Brandenburg portion of the basins 



Fig. 189. — Bkandexrukg. 

 Scale 1 : 300,000. 



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5 Miles. 



of the Havel and Elbe. Rnthenow (9,949 inhabitants), on the Havel, is known for its 

 bricks and the thousands of swans which throng the neighbouring lakes. Harclherg, 

 on an island of the Havel, near its confluence with the Elbe, is a place of 

 commerce. Wittenherge (7,640 inhabitants), on the Elbe, has some river traffic, 

 whilst Perlehcrg (7,595 inhabitants), Pritzwalk (5,760 inhabitants), Wittsiock 

 (6,801 inhabitants), and Neu Riippin (12 470 inhabitants), the latter built on the 

 shore of a lake, are market towns of some importance. 



Hamhurg. — Below Wittenberge the Elbe, for nearly 100 miles, flows through 

 a sterile district, being bounded on the left by the Heath of Luneburg, and 

 on the right by the plateau of Mecklenburg. Even Lanenhurg (4,625 inhabit- 

 ants), the most important town on this part of its course, is hardly more than a 

 village. But not much below it a forest of masts, villas, houses, and towers 

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