. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 260 EUSSIA IN EUEOPE. and representing a fauna which tradition and tho chronicles speak of as existing on the banks of the Dnieper and in Central Russia in the historic period. The Caucasian and Lithuanian specimens are now the only survivors of the vast herds at one time spread over the whole of East Europe. Those of Bela-Yeja are protected by severe laws, and the Czar alone occasionally presents a few to friendly princes or zoological gardens. In the beginning of the century there were about 1,000, and in 1851 1,400, since when the want of fodde
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 260 EUSSIA IN EUEOPE. and representing a fauna which tradition and tho chronicles speak of as existing on the banks of the Dnieper and in Central Russia in the historic period. The Caucasian and Lithuanian specimens are now the only survivors of the vast herds at one time spread over the whole of East Europe. Those of Bela-Yeja are protected by severe laws, and the Czar alone occasionally presents a few to friendly princes or zoological gardens. In the beginning of the century there were about 1,000, and in 1851 1,400, since when the want of fodder and the wolves have Fig. 123.—Limits of the Catholic and Orthodox Religions in Lithuania. Scale 1 : 4,445,000. 26" JQ E »f G. Populations. Orthodox Greek. Eomaa Catholic. Protestant. Mohammedan. 50 Miles. reduced them by about one-half. They are often erroneously confounded with the aurochs, which still existed in large numbers three centuries ago, but which has since been entirely exterminated. The Race and Language. The Lithuanians, long classed with tlie Slavs, whom they resemble in many respects, formerly occupied, with their Prussian and Kur kinsmen, all the Baltic. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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