. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 16° 'G. A ItitiuH to 20 30 40 50 MrLES Over i920 Feet pass, known as the Golden Path (Goldener Steig, 2,664 feet), leads across the mountains farther north. These are the only passes which give ready access to Bohemia, and railways now run through both of them. Everywhere else the Bohemian Forest forms an excellent strategical frontier, the interior slopes being gentle, Avhilst the outer ones, towards Bavaria, are steep and diffiicult of access. The culminating summit of the range, the Arber (4,783 feet), rises within the frontier of Bavaria.
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 16° 'G. A ItitiuH to 20 30 40 50 MrLES Over i920 Feet pass, known as the Golden Path (Goldener Steig, 2,664 feet), leads across the mountains farther north. These are the only passes which give ready access to Bohemia, and railways now run through both of them. Everywhere else the Bohemian Forest forms an excellent strategical frontier, the interior slopes being gentle, Avhilst the outer ones, towards Bavaria, are steep and diffiicult of access. The culminating summit of the range, the Arber (4,783 feet), rises within the frontier of Bavaria.* * Total length of the Bohemian Forest, 137 miles; average width, 19 miles; average height, '2,300 feet in the north, 3,940 feet in the soath.
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