HUNGARY 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Miles. "Degrees. 



Length 320? ,.„.„,_., <; 16and.35 East longitude. ,.. 

 Breadth 210 5 IJl - LUCLU \ 4G and 49 30' North latitude. 



Containing 59,500 square miles, with 105 inhabitants to each. 



Name The name of Hungary has been usually derived from the 



Huns, who anciently possessed this country; but Mr. Gibbon finds 

 its origin in that of the Ugri, or Uger, a Tartarian tribe who migrated 

 from the confines of China, and, after overrunning almost the whole of 

 Germany, established themselves in this country in the tenth century. 



Boundaries. ...Hungary Proper (for it formerly included Transyl- 

 vania, Sclavonia, Croatia, Morlachia, Servia, Wallachia, and other coun- 

 tries) is bounded on the north by Gallicia; on the east by the Bucko- 

 wine and Transylvania: on the south by Sclavonia; and on the west by 

 the circle of Austria and Moravia. 



Divisions... .Hungary is divided into Upper and Lower Hungary, 

 situate on opposite sides of the Danube. These are again each divided 

 into two circles, which are subdivided into gespannschafts,or counties, 

 in number 52. Presburg is the metropolis of Lower, and Caschau of 

 Upper Hungary. 



The province of Temeswar has been considered as distinct from 

 Hungary, because it was formerly governed by an independent king; 

 ar.d it has several times been in possession of the Turks; but the Aus- 

 trians gaining possession of it, it was incorporated into the kingdom 

 of Hungary in 1778. The province of Temeswar is ninety-four miles 

 long, and sixty-seven broad, containing about 3850 square miles. It 

 has been divided into four districts, Csanad, Temeswar, Werschez, 

 and Lugos. Temeswar, the principal town, is situate in E. long. 22° 

 15', X. lat. 45° 54'. 



Mountains The Carpathian mountains, which divide Hungary 



from Poland on the north, are the principal; though many detached 

 mountains are found in the country. Their tops are generally covered 

 with wood, and on their sides grow the richest grapes in the world. 



Rivers These are the Danube, the Drave, the Sau, or Save, the 



Theisse, the Raab, and the Waag. 



Lakes, and mineral waters... .Hungary contains several lakes, 

 particularly the Platten, or the Platten Sea, about forty-six. miles long 

 and eight broad, and abounding with fish. The Hungarian baths and 

 mineral waters are esteemed the most sovereign of any in Europe ; 

 but their magnificent buildings, raised by the Turks when in possession 

 of the country, particularly those of Buda, are suffered to go to decay. 



