GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICJiS. 



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Pal. Palermo. 



Palat. The Palatinate of the Rhine. 



Pdm. Piedmont. 



Penn. Alps. See Alps. 



Peregrine. A limestone hill near Palermo. 



Pic. Picardy. 



Picenum. A distinct on the Adriatic, stretch- 

 ing S. from Ancona. 



Plelan. A town in Brittany smTounded by 

 forests. 



Pom. Pomerania. 



Prov. Provence. 



Pyr. Pyrenees. . 



Raefel. A mountain in the VaUais. 



Reg. Reggio, or Rhegium. 



Rhine. I use the name of the river to in- 

 dicate the valley in which it flows from 

 Basle to Cologne. 



Rhone. I use this in like manner for its val- 

 ley from Fort I'Ecluse to Aries. 



Rieseng. Riesengebirge, or Sudetes. 



Rio Sacro. Near Camerino, betweeu Foligno 



and Loreto. 

 Rous. Rousillon : now the department of the 



E. Pyrenees. 



s. South or southern. 



S. Lucie. A peninsular salt marsh near Nar- 

 bonne. 



S. Michele. A town on the west of Sicily. 



S. Victoire. A mountain in Provence. 



Saleve. A high limestone hill near Geneva. 



Salzb. Salzburg. 



Samnium. The ancient territory of the Sam- 

 nites, on the fi'ontiers of the Roman and 

 Neapolitan States. 



Sard. Sardinia. 



Sasso Grande. See Monte Cornu. 



Sav. Savoy. 



Sax. Saxony. 



Sc. Scotland. 



Scaphusia. Schaffhausen. 



Serini. Mountains near Lago Nero in Lucania. 



Shet. Shetland Islands. 



Sic. Sicily. 



Sil. Silesia. 



Sol. La Sologne ; a low, barren, sandy dis- 

 trict on the S. of the Loire. 



Sorricinium. Near Carcassonne. 



Sty. Styria. 



Sud Sudetes or Riesengebirge, between Bo- 

 hemia and Silesia. 



Sw. Switzerland. 



Sylva Sacra. A sandy tract, mostly woody or 

 bushy, on shore of the Mediterranean, S. 

 of Rome. 



Syr. Syracuse. 



Tavolara. An island on the N.E. coast of 

 Sardinia. 



Tess. The Canton of Tessin or Ticino in 

 Switzerland, on the S. side of the central 

 ridge of the Alps. 



Thur. Thuringia. 



Tiv. Tivoli. 



Tyr. Tyrol. 



Umbria. I apply this name to the mountain- 

 ous district, within the Roman States, 

 N.W. of the Abruzzi. 



Val. Valley. 

 VaU. VaUais. 



Valt. Valtelline : the vaUey of the Adda 

 above the lake of Como. 



Vaizelay. A town in the department of the 

 Yonne, on the upper part of that river. 



VegUa. An island in the Gulf of Fiume. 

 Ventous. A calcareous mountain about 6,000 

 feet high, N.E. of Avignon. 



Ver. Verona. 



Vettore. The highest point of the mountains 

 of the Sybil. 



Viesti. A town at the foot of Mte. Gargano. 

 Vigan (Le) . A town at the foot of the Ceveunes. 



Vosges. A range of mountains in Alsace. The 

 main ridge is granitic. 



w. West or western. 

 Westph. Westphalia. 



Zermatten. A town in the Nicolaithal. 

 Zweibriicken. Also called Deuxponts. 



