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GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Abr. Abruzzi. 



adr. Adriatic : applied as an adjective to tliose 

 parts of Germany and Italy whicli border 

 on that sea. 



Agde or S. Agatha. A town on the Mediter- 

 ranean, in Languedoc. 



Agrig. Agrigentum. The modern Girgenti. 



Alba-longa. Opposite the modern town of 

 Alhano, on the lake of that name. 



Albula. A mountain of the Grisons, separating 

 the waters of the Inn fi-om those of the 

 Rhine. 



Algau. A district in Swabia. 



Alps, Apuan. A name given by Bertoloni to 



the mountains of Massa and Carrara. 



They consist chiefly of mica slate and of 



marble. 

 Alps, Cottian. Separating Dauphine from 



Piedmont. 

 Alps, Julian. To the east and north of Trieste. 

 Alps, maritime. Separating Provence and the 



county of Nice from Piedmont. 

 Alps, Pennine. Separating Piedmont fi'om 



Savoy, and from the Vallais. Mont 



Blanc and Monte Rosa belong to this 



range. 



Alps, Rhsetian. In the country of the Grisons. 



Alps, Venetian. The range from the Lake of 

 Garda, behind the ancient territory of 

 Venice, and separating its waters from 

 those of the Adige and of the Drave. 



Als. Alsace. 



Amitemmn. An ancient town in the Abruzzi, 



near the modern Aquila. 

 Apenn. Apennines. 



Apulia. A district on the Adriatic, compre- 

 hending the present Terra di Ban, and 

 part of the Capitauata. 



Aspramonte, near Nice. 



Aust. Austria. 



Auv. Auvergne. 



Avezzano. In the Abruzzi. 



Baldo. A high, and, botanically, very rich 

 mountain, between the Lago di Garda 

 and the Adige. 



Belg. Belgium. 



Boh. Bohemia. 



Bord. Bordeaux. 



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Br. Britain. 



Br. Isles. British Islands. 



Britt. Brittany. 



Brioni. An island near Fiume. 



Bur., Burg. Burgundy. 



C. Cape. 



c. Central. 



Cal. Calabria. 



Cam. Carniola. 



Capraja or Capraria. An island nearly half 

 way between Corsica and Piombino. 



Carin. Carinthia. 



Carr. Can-ai'a. 



Cat. Catania. 



Ceresole. Mountains or hills near Mantua. 



Cev., Cevennes. A range of mountains north 

 of Montpellier. 



Corbieres. Limestone hills near Narbonne. 



Comi di Canzo. Two points in the Fork of 

 the Lake of Como. 



Cornu (Monte), or the Gran Sasso. The highest 

 mountain in the Abruzzi, and reckoned to 

 be 9,000 feet high. 



Cor. or Cors. Corsica. 



Cumray. Two islands in the Pirth of Clyde. 



Dau. Dauphine. 



Dax. Formerly Aqua TarbeUicEe. 



Dertona. Now Tortona in Piedmont. 



e., alone, is put for eastern. 



Eifel. The German part of the ancient Forest 

 of Ardennes. 



Eng. England. 



Etrechy. A small town on the railroad from 

 Paris to Orleans. 



Eug. Hills. Euganean Hills : a small range 

 south of Padua. 



Eur. Europe. 



F., Fr. France. 



Fiume. A city belonging apparently rather to 

 Hungary than to Germany, but its Flora 

 is included by Koch in that of Grermany. 



Flor. Florence. 



Franc. Franconia. 



Friuli. Foi-um Julii, in the N. E. of Italy. 



