confiderkble» chains * o f |mountains,;} . as;< th a t^ ó f tLofe^l- which feparatèï
>thefolcawateies ; and-the "Julian, ór Carhio Alps^^no.W'Call^dii/B-ifnhau-
nsier- Waläs)} whrijch divide .Garitïthdabfröin,' .Ita ly .. .C^rniola.^jj^hiefly
mauntfHB'OÄs/and tn a n jro f thq^fusa®aits-ai?e e o ^ ered '-w i^ l a f t i 'ö g - f # ^
the. moftsA^BioTable^ are theKMenbergr.nepr the »-river S a ^ ^ a tid ^ th e
Runbfemf and the} Kar ft to-'thefl^pofi Idria, H e re Ml-fjp* termisvate&^M
raft chain, which;-.proceeds by theJjfoiöfHDalmatia towards the Haaftrus,
and' is kixAvmtbyb many! loealLt appeljafions; -.aè'Moiaiht Promina. near'
G n in , Mount Prologh, Mount Clobu, &c. &c.: .but better diftiriguilhed-
by the title of the Dalmatian cha in.' The latter mountains are ©Mèfiy
Öaicahfetlä?.®?''
. RethrMng towards the N. firft Qéêuts»thë>dhafc®lóf Bacher,j in lebierf};;
o f Shrike thouMt* GrafaH-'on'tbÖ E. of-Judertb^g ;Wk*,jjfc t h e ^ i^ S
mountains, in this province,0 thofe-of-GtiminV-ttrit's^eft'em'extremity-
towards Säfebiarg* 'b h th'e E. tdwärds Hungary* is more
pMn’kndTeMlê/T
■ On thq S 'fe ï Aüftrfalë^a* chain ofTneonf&ferabl&felètfatiöffi Eufchd^g
fuëppfésfthat thé 'aneietit4'GSétihs°is* a ridge :ext^di»g.?tfifdm rtêpr’itKe
foifeë o f ttó rn re t Save,! towafds the' Dahube]->a4bü¥-’''fiifiè-®FÏtiihL 'milfes
on th e 'W . o f V ienna,-where it is calfedliéèp^tóAërg^ ;The general’
name is the Kalenbarg; but parts o f it go Under partidukr ^ n om in a tions,
as Oaumberg, Annaberg,- Sauruflel, Teufelftäig, ©okdi,'*Sdhrihe-'
bëigv Setnftërïttg, &d. and it is chrtam that the dètia^êteibr b f Ptolemy
runs in that direction.* ' H ow e v e r ' this be,1 Upper Apftriä^.^orfthe’
wefterri pkrtr.of this province, contains ihan^onfideraMe mOuritä’iös,
the higheft‘ o f which is in the maps'called Priel, but the proper-name
is’Gfèiishbfei'g! Towa rd-the N. Äuftriä is- divided-from Bó'h^tóïa'by
k ridge o f cohfiderable elevation, which paflès tö the N. E. o f Bavaria.
On the N. W. Bohemia is parted froih S^aXohy a chkin o f metallic
mountains, called the Erzgeberg, a word that implies hills <o$*aitimg
• 7 Fortis’s Dalmatia.
' 8 vi. 52.7-8; The ridge of Kalenberg was the weitem boundary of Germany till about.A- D.
J040, when it was removed E. to the river LeitK|| Putter,, i. 155*
# The Semmering heights divide • Auftria from Stiria} and a npble road was formed over
them in 1728. The Lobel, between Carinthia and' Carniola, is pafled by a lingular excavation
through a fummit. Brown, 125. , . , . 1
mines.
cH A P< i!IV .-•BBjgmte™gl g e o g r a p i i y . 2
mihesnh QjVtth.? P£arJ$$,jun£U0U;jwith the Elhe^
{land's- the mountainous groupe o f Mileffou fuppofed to be the higheft in
'tthetprs^in^f-} * hQfl'thPabi. E. w^iqh ,branches frqtn
Ih# S||p^ia®jMivides > Bohel^ji^llji&aia^^froH^, S^l^a4,knd the
Pruffi afSgd, 0 fpi p S3 j ^
The ,'G:arpathian mountains, that grand and extenfive chain, which
bounds Hungary on the N. and E., have been celebrated from all antiquity,
. iB^r.the*Gea|®an.sii^bey,-'^ri&ftyled'’theit mountains o f Kfapak*
4bly?Ith^tOrig inailsrhafne}l vybieth was fcftsened 'by*f thef Roman enun-
Oia)ipn r'UfteltHu.rtgarfeR!% '&! m‘Qelern«'^®p|^^;Qalfcthem Tatra. This.
erf@rta<fn=»ridgCi^xt^jdj4j.M-i|:;a; #lmicbculaf form feo^n|it*he'mountain- o f
Jav0m ik efseS h efik p tjaw a rd a fthehhsk. W .^ I^ s fa it $Sbd, moiintainpoP
IfrOja&afjl i bends; tbb^hp the;
oojaiiniss-df^the Butfefe^iha, whcfetiit ifends fojth two brnnches», o-ne^toj
bheiE. .anothed <t6 the W c p f vTranfylyanirf j;: which is)ialfo,rd.ivjidedi from-
Wakphia by* a b'raaiohvi running &• W^ aud N. E. . Thpf,Whole circuit-
j®^y-be about» 30© miles. 4 {Dr. ‘Tgw«nfo^ vihtedthef^ IJu^jgarian Alps
from the vicinity o f Ke'fmark, fiftft propeedapg,tcf the ‘Green See, »»lake,
amid'fththa^m'ouRtains,. paffing through» f o p e f t ^ , w h i c h wbre fpc-^,
Iggeded limefton^^afid^ gr.anijte; ...^he^Rr^n^^olz^ a kind o f
true.refemhling» th e pinej, b u t feathered.with th jtk b ran c ^ e |i.1to the very
ground,c fomewhat-impeded the ;progrefs.: ( H^.ep r^p u te s ‘th a t^ ie J(KefT-
mark peak, wljikh^ -towards -Hungary is, a perpendicular- rock;’ may^b'e,
about .8508'feet.abc^e th& level, o f t h e ; fpa,. TLe afterwards , proceeded.
to .th e Lomnitz peak, which,she.fa,y.qJs;;(t , h e , t h e whole,.Cap;,
pathian chains and. placed toward^ its-^ceptr©.: yet^ he .a^erwatds ex - ,
prefles fome doubt whether it bp n o t rivalled, itm o t 'exceeded, b,y the
Krivan, fituated more tow a rds-the W« qf|Efc, to i^ k u d e from ’
L o ndon.9., The; fummit o f ^ om n i tz he.,attained,withjdbme difficulty,,
and computed it to he 86 4 0 feist abciyedhes l e ^ ^ o f the fe^„%ot,,inuch»
above h a lf the 'height o f M. Blanp^or M. R o fk , H e foimd it'coSM!
pofed o f grey granite like the rocks' fit the, bottom; hut with a fm.a)I
* Bufching, vi. 126. The Donnerberg; near Mileflbu,, is regarded as the,higbeft mountain'in,
■Bohemia. -The fahtnit of tht Riefengefierg is free from fnow in fummer^ and'-probably- not-:
above 6000 feet high. See Rielbeck, ii. 149.
351 363*
M o u n ta i
Carpathia
Mountain
mixture