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Luzerne, 762 square miles, pop. 129,500, cap. Luzerne on the Reuss and 

 Lake Luzerne, pop. 8500. 4. Uri, 508 square miles, pop. 13,870, cap. 

 Altorf, 1500 inhabitants. 5. Schwyz, 466 square miles, pop. 42,810, cap. 

 Schwyz on the Mythenberg, pop. 5200. 6. Unterwalden, 258 square miles, 

 pop. 23,470. 7. Glarus, 460 square miles, pop. 30,270, chief town Glarus, 

 pop. 4100. 8. Zug, 116 square miles, pop. 15,940, cap. Zug. 9. Freiburg, 

 487 square miles, pop. 94,320, cap. Freiburg, pop. 9100. 10. Solothurn or 

 Soleure, 487 square miles, pop. 65,660, cap. do. on the Aar, pop. 4600. 11. 

 Basel (Stadt), pop. 25,300, chief town Basel on the Rhine, pop. 20,500. 

 12. Basel (Landschaft), pop. 42,750, cap. Liestal, pop. 2600. 13. 

 Schaffhausen, 169 square miles, pop. 31,990, cap. do. on the Rhine, 

 pop. 6000. 14. Appenzell, 222 square miles, pop. 54,480. 15. St. 

 Gall, 847 square miles, pop. 165,190, capital of same name, pop. 

 9500. 16. Grisons, 2966 square miles, pop. 90,280, cap. Chur on the 

 Plessur, with 5500 inhabitants. 17. Aargau 762 square miles, pop. 190,060, 

 cap. Aarau on the Aar, pop. 4800. 18. Thurgau, 349 square miles, pop. 

 87,490, cap. Frauenfeld, pop. 1200. 19. Tessin (Italian Switzerland), 1133 

 square miles, pop. 111,180, chief towns Locarno, Lugano, and Bellinzona. 

 20. Vaud, 1483 square miles, pop. 189,310, cap. Lausanne, with 15,000 

 inhabitants. 21. Valais, 1949 square miles, pop. 77,310, cap. Sitten on the 

 Rhone. 22. Neufchatel, 296 square miles, pop. 60,500, cap. Neufchatel, 

 with 6400 inhabitants. 23. Geneva, 95 square miles, pop. 59,840. 

 cap. Geneva on the Rhone and Lake Geneva, with 28,000 inhabitants. 



5. Belgium {Plates 15, 16). 



Belgium lies between 2° 29' and 5° 54' longitude east of Greenwich, and 

 between 49° 30' and 51° 30' of N. latitude. It borders on the Netherlands 

 in the east : on the Netherlands and Germany (Prussia) in the south-west ; 

 on the North Sea in the north-west. 



Mountains are only found in the southern parts (the provinces Namur, 

 Luttich, and Luxemburg), which is traversed by the Ardennes ; the greater 

 portion of the country is entirely level. The plain of Campine, between the 

 Scheldt and the Mosel, is especially worthy of attention. 



Rivers. 1. The Scheldt comes from France, and enters Belgium as a 

 stream, navigable below Conde, emptying into the North Sea, in the Dutch 

 province of Seeland. Tributaries are Dender and Rupel on the right (the 

 latter formed by the Nethe and Dyle), and Lys on the left. 2. The Maas 

 likewise comes from France, receives the Ourthe on the right and the 

 Sambre on the left, forms for a considerable time the boundary between 

 the Belgian and the Netherland Limburg, and then passes into the latter. 

 The western provinces possess numerous canals. 



Agriculture is prosecuted with the greatest care. The products of the 



land are grain, leguminous seeds, vegetable oils, hemp, flax, hops, fruits, 



madder, &c. ; of the mineral kingdom, stone coal (from more than 250 



mines), iron (about 120 blast furnaces), copper, lead, zinc, marble, &c. 



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