. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Half a Mile. with the Baltic by a canal. Being the southernmost of all the Russian Baltic ports, Libau is free of ice three weeks earlier than Riga, and six weeks earlier than St. Petersburg, and is now connected by rail with Vilna. Unfortunately the bar at the mouth of the canal has little over 10 or 11 feet of water, and is constantly changing its position and size. The yellow amber fishery south of Libau yields about 5,000 lbs. yearly ; but amber is seldom found on the coast north of this place.

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