. The earth and its inhabitants .. . ^7°5o ZiFat/tuiiis'Liin; Depth k'ss lima Ù Fitllioii S'lo 11 Fatliums - 2 Miles. Oter II Eat/tuins use of nearly a thousand words incomprehensible to the Germans in the surround, ing districts. This persistence of Slav speech in the midst of Germans is accounted for by the geographical configuration of the country. The " Land of the Wends " is bounded on the one side by the Heath of Liineburg, on the other by the swamps and lakes of the Altmark, both presenting more formidable obstacles than a river would have done. These Slavs, unfortunately for
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . ^7°5o ZiFat/tuiiis'Liin; Depth k'ss lima Ù Fitllioii S'lo 11 Fatliums - 2 Miles. Oter II Eat/tuins use of nearly a thousand words incomprehensible to the Germans in the surround, ing districts. This persistence of Slav speech in the midst of Germans is accounted for by the geographical configuration of the country. The " Land of the Wends " is bounded on the one side by the Heath of Liineburg, on the other by the swamps and lakes of the Altmark, both presenting more formidable obstacles than a river would have done. These Slavs, unfortunately for themselves, were but a small tribe, unable to cope with the German barons of the neighbour- hood, whose subjects they became, and at whose hands they had to suffer all those indignities which a conquering race usually inflicts upon its victims. Other tribal associations have maintained their ground in swampy districts
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