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tance since the middle of the century as commercial ports exporting- cattle and 

 other produce to England. The cattle of the polders in the west are for the most 

 part intended for the slaughter-house, whilst dairy-farming is carried on exten- 

 sively in the hilly districts adjoining the Baltic. Gardiiig (2,484 inhabitants); 

 in the centre of Eiderstedt peninsula, was the native town of Mommsen, the 

 historian. 



Kiel (44,090 inhabitants), the capital of Holstein, is a pojDulous industrial city. 



Fis'. 204. — Flenskurg. 



Its environs are charming. In addition to its university, the town has a naval 

 school, several learned societies, and an observatory. Its excellent harbour 

 enables it to carry on a most extensive commerce, which was formerly almost 

 exclusively in the hands of the inhabitants of Oldenburg (2,608 inhabitants), a 

 decayed town on the peninsula of Wagria. The Bay of Kiel is one of the finest 

 on the Baltic. It averages 3 miles in width, and penetrates about 9 miles 



