. The earth and its inhabitants .. . I2°20' I2°50' =— 10 Miles. watering-places in the vicinity of Salzburg and at the foot of the Untersberg, whose quarries have supplied most of the stone for the large buildings of Munich, are favourite resorts. Eeichenhall, owing to the abundance and efficacy of its waters, sees most visitors. The springs of that " Hall "—a name by which all brine springs were known to the ancient Celtic inhabitants of Germany—are fed by water which percolates through the saliferous strata worked at Berchtesgaden and at Hallein. An aqueduct, constructed in
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . I2°20' I2°50' =— 10 Miles. watering-places in the vicinity of Salzburg and at the foot of the Untersberg, whose quarries have supplied most of the stone for the large buildings of Munich, are favourite resorts. Eeichenhall, owing to the abundance and efficacy of its waters, sees most visitors. The springs of that " Hall "—a name by which all brine springs were known to the ancient Celtic inhabitants of Germany—are fed by water which percolates through the saliferous strata worked at Berchtesgaden and at Hallein. An aqueduct, constructed in 1817, conveys the brine of Reichenhall to Traimsiein (4,466 inhabitants), and thence to Rosenheim (7,501 inhabitants), the Pons Œni of the Romans, on the Inn. This aqueduct has a total length of 60 miles. * In 187G, 236 Catholic periodicals, having 1,040,000 , were published throughout Germany. Of these 54, having 380,000 subscribers, appeared in Bavaria. t In 1875 the 20 breweries of Munich j^roduced 25,792,008 gallons of beer, of an estimated value of ^1,209,280; 1,116,500 gallons were , 531,350 gallons imported; and there were thus consumed in the town nearly 120 gallons per head annually, or 2 6 pints daily !
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