. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 10 Miles. Vintschgau, with the town of Meran and the old castle of Tyrol, is looked upon as the paradise of the Austrian Alps. To the east of the Brenner the Alps rise once more, and form the range of the Hohe Tauern,* which extends east for a distance of over 90 miles, as far as the Arlscharte (7,230 feet). The orography of that range has been thoroughly investigated by Herr Sonklar. He has determined the average height of all the summits rising upon its crest at 9,350 feet, and the average height of the entire group at 6,270 feet. The great summits of thi
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 10 Miles. Vintschgau, with the town of Meran and the old castle of Tyrol, is looked upon as the paradise of the Austrian Alps. To the east of the Brenner the Alps rise once more, and form the range of the Hohe Tauern,* which extends east for a distance of over 90 miles, as far as the Arlscharte (7,230 feet). The orography of that range has been thoroughly investigated by Herr Sonklar. He has determined the average height of all the summits rising upon its crest at 9,350 feet, and the average height of the entire group at 6,270 feet. The great summits of this range, the very names of which were not known a couple of hundred years ago, are now annually visited by shoals * According to Ficker, Tauern means " ; All the passes leading over that range are known as Tauern, and that word has been rendered by "; The Romans knew the inhabitants of the country as Taurians.
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