Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 52.djvu/61

Rh First, and always, as to the physical geography of the country: everything ethnically depends upon that. It is depicted upon the

 It will be observed that in all cases we have preserved the German spelling of geographical names. This is done for special reasons of weight, which can not be explained in this place.

map on this page, which represents elevation above sea level by means of darkening tints, the mountainous regions being generally designated by the broad bands of shading. Draw a line from