. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. nsiveprivileges, and enriched by tlie navigation of theRhine. Its prosperity was still fartlier promoted inconsequence of the zeal with whicli, along with therest of Alsace, it embraced the reformed and Alsace suffered a severe misfortune, bybeing, in 1G89, subjected to France by Louis the city retained privileges beyond any other inFrance, and continued to be distinguished both bywealth and intelligence. Its schools were consideredsecond onl
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. nsiveprivileges, and enriched by tlie navigation of theRhine. Its prosperity was still fartlier promoted inconsequence of the zeal with whicli, along with therest of Alsace, it embraced the reformed and Alsace suffered a severe misfortune, bybeing, in 1G89, subjected to France by Louis the city retained privileges beyond any other inFrance, and continued to be distinguished both bywealth and intelligence. Its schools were consideredsecond only to those of Paris, till the Revolution, whensiriisiiurg. t,hey were severely injured, and have not yet been fully restored. Strasburg, however, has still valuable institutions, both literary and economical,and is one of the greatest and most flourishing cities of France. Its ancient importance isattested by its cathedral or minster, one of the most splendid existing monuments of theGothic. Its tower, 470 feet high, is said to be the most elevated structure in the world, withthe exception of the Great Pyramid of CHAPTER IX. SPAIN. Spain forms the principal pan of a very extensive peninsula; the most southern, and alsothe most western, portion of Europe. It is only connected by an isthmus about a hundredTiiles broad, traversed by the Pyrenees, a chain holding the second rank among the moun-tains of Europe. Spain is thus almost insulated from the rest of the continent. Sect. I.—General Outline and Aspect. The boundaries of the Peninsula in general are, on the north, the Bay of Biscay, on thewest, the Atlantic; but this coast tor more than half its extent is occupied by Portugal,whose interior frontier forms to that extent the western boundary of Spain. The most south-ern point near Gibraltar is only separated by a narrow strait from the opposite shore of from this strait is the Mediterranean, along which the coast winds in a north-easterly direction, g
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