m ix tu re, o f a gtiêèni-fli black, earthy fubftanee-; ye t th e vegetation coh-
fifted o f little except a few lichens.' | T h o fe peaks are feldom- vMited'
except b y fhe-hUnters o f th e chamois,I a n d fome1 idle adventurers,' who
fearch fo r gold and precious ftones. T h e marmot alfo appeared ; but
our intelligent author.denies th a t the,ibex, or rock goat -of the Swifs
Alps, is found in th e Carpathian heights* T h e Krivan he afterwards
afeended with more cafe, but found jtT nferior in h e ig h t to the Lom-
nitz , being ,8343 feet above the fea. It is probable that fummits of
greater elevation arife in th e eafterix part o f the chain j but there
are n o glaciers n o r other tokens o f th e eternal winter o f -great
altitude.
T h e Carpathian ridge ocGafionally branches towards .the N. and S .|
in the former dirediibn the moft remarkable are th e hills on the W .-n f
Silefia, tbofe which adjoin to th e fait mines o f Wieliczka a &w miles
S . E. from Cracow in Poland, and thófe which extend th ro u g h p a rt o f
th e Buckovina. Tow a rds the S. a branch ftretches from thé centre o f
the chain towards T o k ay ; and there are o th e r branches n o t accurately
defined, which defeend in the fame direéiiott from th e eaftern circuit.
Among th e detached mountains o f H u n g a ry ‘ may be named fhófo o f
Matfh InTfehe centre o f th e kingdom, about 50 miles hi. T£.;of ‘Buda.:
thofe o f Fatra N. E. o f Cremnitz : -of Avas in th e d f t i l # ^
Farkas to th e S; o f Nemethi. H i e mountains o f Trah-fylVan-ia are
n um e rous, befides the tw o branches o f th e ^Carpathian Chain', which
m a y be regarded as en c lo fin g th e ctnrtrtry. --The-Bannaf b f T e ia e fiy iif
alfo'prefents many fidge's o f conliderable height.
T o enumerate the forefts in the Auftrian dominions would'he'a talk
at once laborious and fruitlefs.- Suffice it to obferve that numerous
and extehfive forefts arife in every direction, particularly; al©l%fth>#
Carpatbian mountains, and in the provinces acquired from" Poland.
Even Bohemia was formerly -remarkable for a foréft o f great extent,
a remain of the Hercynia Sylva of antiquity, which extended from the
R h in e to Sarmatia, from Cologne to Roland. The Gabrëta Sylva was
on the S. W. of the fame country, where a chain of hills now divides
it from Bavaria.
CHAP.' fV. ■ NA TURA L GEOGRAPHY. 367
The ftates which.; compofe the powerful and extenfive empire/of Botany-.
Auftria -have been furveyed with very different degrees of accuracy as
to their natural produdions. . While the botany of Auftria proper liaS
been carefully illuftrated by Jacquin ; and that of Carniola.' by Scopoli
and 'Hacquety the flora o f - Hungary is fti-11 very' imperfed ; and the
iate acqiiifi.tions in Poland by the laft and former partitions- are. as yet
in a manner unknown to natural hiftory. The general mild temperature
o f the A u f t r i a n * g p - | e f y K © jf f f o ( i l and fttUaft'cp, frorp.
the lakes and rich levels of Hungary, to the fnowy. fummits of -Iftria
-^Ud Carinfebia, are-^hfh-lftcielt^evicknee- ©f the to&Jmafs ©f thejf | a r ^ ’
each year i t ^ -augment^ b y the, ftiftVjNy of' new^^feVlMnd^wiT
■ ^oubtiefe.d-ong GD ^inu g.^ |b^ ^ fc i2^^ h^ tfte inveftigatfoW'lf future -
#botanifts. We, ftiall, plap; to , have* hitherto ad-
:herie4’rpftenu4nerating,' -^s far -as. hut r^rrowtRmits' Will allow, the-,grift-
{eipal .vegefeabJses^ natives; pf Auftr^yrbS^h fpr tjheir b e a u t y 'o ^ e met it
.particular pqtice; o f jftefe it wifL-be .found that-* iayge proportion ha-ve
.Been- ad fitted,| i n t o , g a r d e n , , and many nrore, f o m the elegante^pf
their form, ppJgfow-<pfj pploftr,j h'^vefati>equal claim fo domefticatiofti
O f Abe natural ordpr ^ n ^ f h e d b y thefoxomprefled
fharp fword-ihaped- lea$e&,' f |- f e k l ;ippeies•; are. fo u n d ’ -wilafc. inuithe - '
A u ftrian domiriionsf, among w h ich may be diftiagnMleftjftvesfjfe^ifeh o f '
riris, th e pumila,, grarciinea, ftbirica, fp uria,'and variegaia r .the gtadfokfs
jeommunfe; c*tinfLag\ and aathdricuip irameffimy branched fpMer*®ord$. '
'a lb p f which. havp been naturalized ‘M fo u f" g ardens;, .
t foThe bulbous-rooted plants o f the i©rder -JHexaadrja *rfijinnseus,''
markable, for .the moft part, -for the k e a u t$ « n £ th e ir f lo o r s ; >and
abounding moft in the warmer climates,: .ciecupy a confpicaous ra n k m
th e flearaf^ A u f t r i a a f o t g li#i®f thefe -mi^xt b e j&bdAcedj1 bntv^e JhaH
fe le d -only the p rin c ip a l: Kjbefe are. hyackrthus .eoracftial,' and irafoofus,
the tu fte d and d u jlered 'hyacinth-, ■ feilla bifolia; leucojum -VQrn,u.m,
•?2fti^tMn, au-t»mnai%,,the^ ffirw g * fm m m r, and A « tvm fn o w 9 d td {
aftinm yidoriale,., oae o f the m o ftfta te ly anduornampnlail ;%bies,af:th£
large genus liliu-m huffiMerum, o rm g e'M iyy 1. in a r t a |a n ,» a « i
tapea My% h-rehalepdonhim, galantktasjnivilis; fnvod*jfop%
©rnithogduteUJhbellatum, um bM U d Jiar. o f
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