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HUNGARIAN STATES. 



cornor is a great mass of ice. There are two large navigable canals in this country, viz. the 

 Francis Canal, between the Danube and the Theiss ; and the Bega Canal extending from 

 Facset to Becskerek. 



Buda, the capital of Hungary, stands upon the right bank of the Danube, opposite Pesth, 

 with which it is connected by a bridge of boats. It contains the palace of the viceroy of 

 Hungary, and several other public buildings. Pesth is the largest, most populous, and active 

 city of the kingdom, and each of its four annual fairs attracts 20,000 strangers from Hungary, 

 and other provinces of the empire, and from Turkey. It is well built, containing many elegant 

 public edifices, and mansions of the Hungarian nobility. Its university is one of the most 

 richly endowed on the continent. The population of the two cities is 96,000, of which 

 60,000 are in Pesth. 



Presburg is a well-built city on the Danube, with 41,000 inhabitants. It was formerly the 

 capital of Hungary, and the Hungarian diet is still occasionally held here ; it is chiefly remark- 

 able for the great number of its institutions for education. 



Debretzin is the principal town in eastern Hungary, and the chief manufacturing place in the 

 kingdom. Population, 45,000. Its four annual fairs are attended by great numbers of traders ; 

 its manufactures comprise coarse woolens, leather, pottery, soap, &c. Theresienstadt and 

 Ketskemet are large towns with extensive manufactures of woolens, leather, soap, &c. ; the 

 former has 40,000, the latter 34,000 inhabitants. 



Sckemnitz, with 22,000 inhabitants, and Kremnitz, with 10,000, are remarkable for their 

 rich gold and silver mines. Mischkolocz is a large town, with an active trade in corn, wine, 

 and leather ; in its vicinity are numerous forges, glass-works, and paper-works. Population, 

 30,000. Temesivar, one of the strongest fortresses in the empire, owes its commercial activi- 

 ty to a canal, which connects it with the Danube. Population, 12,000. Szegedin, on the 

 Theiss, has an extensive trade, whh manufactures of tobacco, soap^ ivcfolen goods, and boots. 

 Population, 32,000. 



Most branches of agriculture are still in their infancy here. Hemp, flax, poppies, and to- 

 bacco are cultivated on a large scale, particularly the latter. Mulberry trees are plenty. 

 Manufactures are little attended to ; the raw produce being easily sold to the neighboring states. 

 The only article manufactured for exportation is leather. The commerce is subject to great 

 •estrictions from the Austrian system of taxation. We have no certain accounts of the reve- 

 nue, but it is thought to be about 13,000,000 dollars. The army consists of 46,000 infantry, 

 and 17,000 cavalry. 



Sclavonia extends between the Drave and the Saave, and contains about 3,700 square miles. 

 Nearly 2,500,000 sheep are fed on the Sclavonian pastures ; and the annual produce of grain is 



estimated at an average of 

 12,000,000 bushels. Cap- 

 ital, Eszek. 



Croatia comprehends the 

 maritime districts, denomi- 

 nated the Littoral, and the 

 3 counties of Agram, Waras- 

 din, and Kreulz, forming an 

 area of about 3,030 square 

 miles. Agrcim^ or Sagrab, 

 is the capital, and contains 

 20,000 inhabitants. Tfie 

 country has several valuable 

 mines of iron, copper, and 

 lead, and produces sail, vit- 

 riol, coals, and sulphur, in 

 abundance ; quarries of th=; 

 most beautiful marble exist 

 in different parts. 



2. Transylvania. This 

 country is bounded north by 

 —««=s? Upper Hungary ; northeast 



Tmnsyhoman Girl. TTansylvanwn Woman. by the Bukowine ; east by 



