A Guide Down The Danube From Paris To Marseilles PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ...tributary to him. In 462, the Huns struck terror into France and Germany; and after becoming masters of the latter, and of all Dacia, they were united under Charlemagne; but in 920, shook off the French yoke. In 1010, they embraced Christiani; and Louis, their last king, was killed in battle, at ohatz, in 1526. In 1684, a bloody war commenced between the Hungarians and Mahomet IV.; but the coalition effected between them and Sobieski, king of Poland, the Venetians, and Peter the Great, led to the utter defeat of the Turks, in 1686. Mustapha, the son of Mahomet, concluded the peace of Carlowitz, in 1699, by which Austria became posessed of all Hungary, which had been in the hand of the Turks ever since the time of Ferdinand 1. Possession of the country was disputed, however, until 1739, when, bv the The noble: amount to at least 300,000, and are very patriotic. Hungary may be considered as forming a little Europe in itself, so rich and fertile that, notwithstanding the administrative defects in its government, it derives from its own internal resources almost everything that can be produced in European countries. Wines, of which there are at least a hundred different sorts, vary in rice from one penny to five shillings the bottle (Tokay. Coffee, olives, mulberries, and tobacco are in great plenty; while the cattle supply the German markets. Horses are good and cheap, the price of the best seldom exceedin 25; and from the introduction of Arabian and Englis horses, the breed improves every year, although a little more strength is still desirable. Mines of all sorts abound, but they make but a small return, compared with what they are capable of. Fish and game are so abundant, that the natives assert the river Teisse to consist of two...