. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE GREAT RUSSIANS. 379 the spring freshets. In 1866 one only of the branches had a clopth of 30 inches, and was navigable for boats throughout the year. The two others had a mean depth of no more than 24 and 12 inches respectively.* Ethmcal Elements.—The Great Hussians. The Veliko or Great Russians form of themselves alone more than one-half of all the inhabitants of the empire. They not only occupy nearly all Central Hussia as well as most of the Neva basin, but they have also advanced in compact masses Fig. 202.—Great Rissian Type: Ardatov Dist


. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE GREAT RUSSIANS. 379 the spring freshets. In 1866 one only of the branches had a clopth of 30 inches, and was navigable for boats throughout the year. The two others had a mean depth of no more than 24 and 12 inches respectively.* Ethmcal Elements.—The Great Hussians. The Veliko or Great Russians form of themselves alone more than one-half of all the inhabitants of the empire. They not only occupy nearly all Central Hussia as well as most of the Neva basin, but they have also advanced in compact masses Fig. 202.—Great Rissian Type: Ardatov District, Government of north, east, and southwards, while in the west they have numerous colonies in the Baltic Provinces and Little Russia. They have planted themselves along the northern foot of the Caucasus, and in Siberia they have already peopled vast tracts more extensive than the whole of France. They have become the preponderating and * Length of the Ural, 1,306 miles; area cf its drainage, 212,000 square miles; mean discharge, 1,750 cubic 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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