460 AUSTRIAN DOMINIONS. 



of Friuli and Triest, are comprehended under the denomination of 

 Inner Austria, and, together with the county of Tyrol, are included, 

 as a part of Germany, in the circle of Austria. 



The county of Tyrol, situate to the east of Carinthia, is 150 miles 

 long and 120 broad. It is extremely mountainous, the chain of the 

 Noric or Rhaetian Alps running through its whole length, and rival- 

 ling the Alps of Switzerland in numerous glaciers. It contains mines 

 of silver, copper, and lead, and produces corn and wine, very fine 

 flax, and silk. The wild animals are bears, wolves, and foxes ; and 

 the domestic, horses, black cattle, and sheep. Great numbers of 

 canary birds are bred here, and carried, for sale, to almost every part of 

 Europe. The manufactures are those of silk, velvet, and leather, as 

 also of iron and steel. The principal town is Inspruck on the Inn ; 

 formerly the residence of the archdukes of Austria. It contains a 

 university with a considerable library, and has a strong castle. The 

 number of inhabitants is 12,000, Tyrol, in the more extensive sense 

 of the denomination, likewise comprehends the bishoprics ot Trent 

 and Brixen, formerly subject to their respective bishops, but lately 

 secularised, and given as indemnities to the house of Austria. The 

 former of these cities, rendered celebrated by the great council of 

 Trent, held here from 1545 to 1563, contains about 8000 inhabitants, 

 and the latter about 4000. 



The religion of all these provinces is the Roman-catholic, attended 

 indeed with a considerable degree of toleration in the archduchy of 

 Austria, at least at Vienna ; but in Stiria no other doctrine or worship 

 is permitted but the Roman-catholic. 



The language, in general, is the German, though somewhat impure ; 

 but in some parts the Wendish is spoken by the common people ; and 

 in the southern provinces, the Italian, at least a dialect of that lan- 

 guage, prevails. 



The other countries which compose the Austrian monarchy, and 

 lie without Germany, will be treated of separately in order. 



Revenue. ...The revenues of the Austrian monarchy are estimated 

 at 48,244,009 dollars, of which the archduchy of Austria contributes 

 nearly one third. The portions of this revenue which Hungary, and 

 the other countries, subject to the house of Austria, contribute, will 

 be found in the accounts of those countries. The revenue formerly 

 exceeded the expences ; but the different wars in which the house of 

 Austria has engaged in modern times, especially in the late arduous 

 struggle with France, have accumulated a debt, which is now estimat- 

 ed at above 70 millions sterling. 



Army. ...The army of Austria, on the peace establishment, in the 

 year 1801, was stated, from official returns, at 328,600 men. The dif- 

 ferent armies brought into the field, by Austria, in 1813, amounted to 

 about 300,000 men. 



Austria being almost altogether an inland country, has no navy, and 

 her commerce is very insignificant. 



Title. ...The title of the sovereign of Austria, since the assumption 

 of the hereditary imperial dignity, is as follows : Francis II, by the 

 grace of God, elected emperor of the Romans, always august, heredi- 

 tary emperor of Austria, king of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, &c, 

 archduke of Austria, duke of Lorraine, Venice, Salzburg, Sec. 



