. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 318 GERMANY. Konigsberg ; the other at Fricdland-on-tJie-AUc (8,296 inhabitants), about the same distance to the south-east of that town. Memel (19,796 inhabitants) is the only town in the narrow strip of land which stretches northward between Russia and the Baltic. Ljdng far away from the river after which it is named, near the Gut leading into the Kurische Haff, Memel is a Russian port rather than a German one, and most of its trade is, iu fact, Russian. It exports timber from the neighbouring forests, wheat, flax, and hemp. Its factories, saw-m
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 318 GERMANY. Konigsberg ; the other at Fricdland-on-tJie-AUc (8,296 inhabitants), about the same distance to the south-east of that town. Memel (19,796 inhabitants) is the only town in the narrow strip of land which stretches northward between Russia and the Baltic. Ljdng far away from the river after which it is named, near the Gut leading into the Kurische Haff, Memel is a Russian port rather than a German one, and most of its trade is, iu fact, Russian. It exports timber from the neighbouring forests, wheat, flax, and hemp. Its factories, saw-mills, foundries, and machine shops work for the most part on Russian account. Memel and Tilsit are the great entrepôts of the merchandise which German merchants, with the aid of their Israelite confederates, smuggle through the triple line of Russian custom-houses. Nearly all the manu- factured articles used in Lithuania and Saraogitia have crossed the frontier without paying the customs dues. Memel was the native place of Argelander, the astronomer. The low tract which stretches from Memel to the Russian frontier is sandy, and only produces stunted pines. Nimmersatt, the last group of German houses, lies in a veritable 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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