. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 72 AUSTRIA-HUNGAEY. A few fine buildings surround the large square in the centre of the town, orna- mented with a statue of Ban Jelacié, but the outskirts resemble a huge village. A turreted wall separates the lower town from the cathedral close. VarakUn (10,623 inhabitants), near the Drave and the Hungarian frontier, is the second town of Croatia. Karlovac Gornji (Karlstadt, 5,175 inhabitants), on the Kulpa, not far above its confluence with the Save, is an important grain mart. Sisek (1,500 inhabitants), more humble still, nevertheless enjoys a
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 72 AUSTRIA-HUNGAEY. A few fine buildings surround the large square in the centre of the town, orna- mented with a statue of Ban Jelacié, but the outskirts resemble a huge village. A turreted wall separates the lower town from the cathedral close. VarakUn (10,623 inhabitants), near the Drave and the Hungarian frontier, is the second town of Croatia. Karlovac Gornji (Karlstadt, 5,175 inhabitants), on the Kulpa, not far above its confluence with the Save, is an important grain mart. Sisek (1,500 inhabitants), more humble still, nevertheless enjoys a considerable trade in corn. It is the modern representative of Siscia, which played a prominent part durino- the wars in Pannonia, and had its own mint. Its wide and grass-grown streets are bordered with small cabins. The bulk of the population of Croatia live in scattered hamlets, and there are but few places which can fairly be called towns. Esuek (Osjek, 17,247 inhabitants), favourably situated on the Drave, consists of a fortress surrounded by numerous suburbs. A railway bridge crosses the river a short distance below the town. There are silk-mills, and commerce flourishes. Many Germans and Magyars have settled in the town. BJakovo (2,600 inha- bitants), in the plain to the south of Essek, is the seat of a bishop. Vorovitica, the capital of a district, has a few German and Magyar colonies in its vicinity. Syrmia abounds in towns famous on account of the military events with which they are associated. Peterwardcin (Petrovaradin, 5,497 inhabitants), on the Danube, is connected by a bridge of boats with the powerful citadel of Nensatz (Novisad), on the other side of the river, and recalls a defeat of the Turks by Prince Eugene in 1716. At Karlovac Bolnji (Carlowitz, 1,817 inhabitants), lower down, the Turks signed the treaty of 1699, by which they surrendered most of the conquests made in Hungary. Semlin (Zemun, 10,046 inhabitants), near the confluence of the Danube and Save,
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