PRUSSIA. 



fcXTENT AND SITUATION OF THE KINGDOM OP PRUSSIA PROPER* 

 Miles. Degrees. 



and 



and 55 North latitude. 



Miles. Degt 



Length 280? . .. C 16 and 24 East longitude. 

 Breadth 240 5 between \ 5 l a 



Name.. ..The name of Prussia is derived from its ancient inhabi- 

 tants, the Borussi, or Porussi : so called from the Slavonic word p-°t 

 near, and Russi; signifying the people who lived adjacent to, or near, 

 the Russians. 



Boundaries. ...The kingdom of Prussia is bounded on the north by 

 the Baltic sea and Russia (Samogitia) on the east by Russia (Lithuania) 

 on the south by Gallicia and Silesia, and on the west by Brandenburg 

 and Pomerania. 



DivisioNS....The general divisions of Prussia, with their extent and 

 .population, were in 1809 as follows : 



Sq. Miles. Population, 



Eastern Prussia 12,050 454,734 



Western Prussia 10,100 367,067 



Lithuania ' 6,466 376,578 



Pomerania 9,690 490,106 



New Marche . . . , 4,159 265,714 



Electoral Marche of Brandenburg, country of) _ 2 y 



Magdeburg, on the right bank of the Elbe 5 ' ' 



Silesia and the county of Glatz ...... 15,102 1,896,359 



Total 68,239 4,559,550 



West Prussia consists principally of the territory wrested from 

 Poland in the year 1772; and Lithuania and New Marche, of the 

 portion of the same country allotted to Prussia at its final division in 

 1795. 



Face of the country, forests, lakes. ...The kingdom of Prussia 

 is in general a level country : there are no mountains ; but extensive 

 forests and woods, especially in the parts acquired from Poland. 



Prussia abounds in lakes ; the principal of which are the Sperling 

 See, the Mauer See and the Gneserich Lake. The first of these is 

 20 miles long and as many broad. In East Prussia, it is reckoned, 

 there are 300 small lakes ; and 1 60 in West Prussia. 



Rivers, canals. ...The chief rivers are the Vistula, the Pregel, the 

 Memel, the Netze, the Bro, and the Warte. The two canals called 

 Frederic's canals, and the Bromberg canal, unite the Netze with the 

 Vistula. 



At the mouths of the rivers Vistula and Memel? singular havens, 

 called by the Germans haffs, are formed by long narrow tracts of 

 land. This tongue of land in the Frisch-haff, at the mouth of the 



