THE BALTIC PROVINCES. 



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and geological formation, these islands and Esthonia are evidently one land. 

 The continental portion has remained almost insular, thanks to the deep valleys 



Fig. 112. — ESTHONIAN 1-LANDS. 

 Scale 1 : 985,000. 



Depth in Fathoms 



Under 5. 



5 to 25. 25 and upwards. 



—^—^ 20 Miles. 



furrowing it east and west, and the islands are merely its fragmentary continua- 

 tion seawards. 



Ethnology : The Esthonians. 



The Baltic Provinces are sometimes, but improperly, called the " German 

 Provinces," for the hulk of the inhabitants are by no means German. The 

 Teutonic invaders have remained what they were seven hundred years ago, aliens 

 in the land, which still mainly belongs to the Letts and Ehstes. 



