. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. PLAINS OF THE ELBE, ODEE, AND VISTULA. 311 to tbe eastward. The work of replanting them is exceedingly difficult, owing to the enormous masses of drifting sand which have to be consolidated. At several places the sea has broken through the dunes, but the breaches effected by it have Fig. 179.—The Kurische Haff and the Delta of the Memel. Scale 1 : 300,000. B A L T I G. 20?30'j:.ofa Ancient Alluviitm Sedimentary Hocks 10 Miles. been closed again, and the sole entrance now is through the Gut of Memel, only 1,300 feet wide, and difficult to navigate.
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. PLAINS OF THE ELBE, ODEE, AND VISTULA. 311 to tbe eastward. The work of replanting them is exceedingly difficult, owing to the enormous masses of drifting sand which have to be consolidated. At several places the sea has broken through the dunes, but the breaches effected by it have Fig. 179.—The Kurische Haff and the Delta of the Memel. Scale 1 : 300,000. B A L T I G. 20?30'j:.ofa Ancient Alluviitm Sedimentary Hocks 10 Miles. been closed again, and the sole entrance now is through the Gut of Memel, only 1,300 feet wide, and difficult to navigate. Amber.—The shores of the Haffs and of the peninsula of Samland have from immemorial times attracted merchants in search of the amber cast up on them. Greeks and Etruscans, and perhaps even Phœnicians, travelled thither through. 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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