. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 10°|25' E ofG 4 MUes. subterranean channels, for their blue transparent water. One of these tributaries, the Blau, rises from a cavern opening at the foot of a hill near Blaubeuren, known as the " Blue Pot," on account of the colour of the water which fills it. At TJlm the Danube enters Bavaria, and thanks to the volume of water discharged into it by the Alpine-born Illcr, it at once becomes the great river highway of Southern Germany. The Hier itself is navigable, and the Danube below its confluence has a width of 210 feet, and an average depth o
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 10°|25' E ofG 4 MUes. subterranean channels, for their blue transparent water. One of these tributaries, the Blau, rises from a cavern opening at the foot of a hill near Blaubeuren, known as the " Blue Pot," on account of the colour of the water which fills it. At TJlm the Danube enters Bavaria, and thanks to the volume of water discharged into it by the Alpine-born Illcr, it at once becomes the great river highway of Southern Germany. The Hier itself is navigable, and the Danube below its confluence has a width of 210 feet, and an average depth of 3 feet. Large square barges, known as " Schachteln," or bandboxes, at Vienna, and capable of carrying a hundred tons of merchandise, almost daily take their departure from Neu-Ulm, opposite the mouth of the Hier. Each of the tributary streams adds its
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