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population of 61,000. Dessau., the capital, is a pretty town, in a charming situation, with 

 10,000 inhabitants. 



3. Jlnhalt-Bcrnburg. The duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg has an area of 340 square miles, and 

 45,800 inhabitants. Bernburg, the capital, has a population of 5,300 souls. 



4. Jlnhalt-Coethen The duchy of Anhalt-Coethen has an area of 310 square miles, and 

 36,700 inhabitants. Ibe capital is Codhcn., on the Ziethe, with a population of 6,800. 



CHAPTER ex. SCHWARTZBURG PRINCIPALITIES. - 



1. Boundaries. These principalities are surrounded by the Prussian province of Saxony 

 and the Saxon duchies. The inhabitants are Protestants. 



2. Schivartzburg-Rudolstadt. The principality of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt has an area of 

 410 square miles, with 62,000 inhabitants. The government is constitutional in its forms. 

 Rudolstadt is the capital. Population, 4,000. 



3. Schwarlzburg-Sondershausen. The principality of Schwartzburg-Sondershausen has 

 52,000 inhabitants, on an area of 360 square miles. The government is absolute. The capi- 

 tal is Sondershauscn, with 3,300 inhabitants. 



CHAPTER CXI. THE REUSS PRINCIPALITIES. 



1. Boundaries. The Slates of the princes of Reuss are surrounded by the Saxon duchies, 

 Saxony, and Bavaria. The inhabitants are Protestants, and the forms of government consti- 

 utional. 



2. Reuss- Greitz. The principality of Reuss-Greitz has an area of 145 square miles, and 

 25,100 inhabitants. Greitz. the capital, has some manufactures, and a population of 7,000. 



3. Reuss- Schlcitz. The principality of Reuss-Schleitz, has an area of 208 square miles, 

 and 31,400 inhabitants. Schleitz, the capital, has 5,000 inhabitants. 



4. Reuss- Lobenstein. The principality of Reuss-Lobenstein is the largest of these States, 

 having an area of 242 square miles. Population, 23,500. The capital is Lobenstein., with 

 3,000 inhabitants. Gera is the capital of a district which belongs to the two last-described 

 States in common. Its trade and manufactures are considerable ; population, 8,000. 



CHAPTER CXII. THE LIPPE PRINCIPALITIES. 



1. Boundaries. The estates of the Lippe family are bounded by the Prussian government 

 of Minden, by Brunswick, and Electoral Hesse. They are governed according to constitu- 

 tional forms ; the inhabitants are Protestants. 



2. Lippe-Dctmold. The principality of Lippe-Detmold has 79,800 inhabitants, with an 

 area of 440 square miles. Detniold, with 2,800 inhabitants, is the capital ; Lemgow., 3,800, 

 ihe principal town. 



3. Lippe- Schauenburg. The principality of Schauenburg-Lippe has an area of 210 square 

 miles, with 26,000 inhabitants. Its capital, Buckeburg, has 2,100 inhabitants. 



CHAPTER CXm. THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEN. 



This little State, with an area of 54 square miles, and 6,000 inhabitants, professing the Ro- 

 man Catholic religion, is situated between Switzerland and the Tyrol. The prince usually re- 

 sides at Vienna ; the village of Lichtenstein, with about 1,000 inhabitants, is the capital. The 

 government is a limited monarchy. 



CHAPTER CXIV THE HOHENZOLLERN PRINCIPALITIES. 



1 . Boundaries. These 2 States are nearly surrounded by the kingdom of Wirtemberg. 

 The inhabitants are Roman Catholics, and the governments limited monarchies. 



