. La terre et ses habitants ... La géographie. 8H AIJSTEIA-Hongrie. Mer" par les poètes, bien que son Magyar shores ont été habitées par des Slovènes, et son nom est dérivé d'un mot slave signifiant " marais." Le Balaton rappelle en aucune façon les beaux lacs des Alpes, mais, bien qu'en partie délimité par bas marais, sa rive nord est pittoresque. Collines recouvertes de forêts ou couverte de vigne- m'attacha, vieux châteaux occupent les promontoires, villas et villages se cachent dans les vallées, et au centre du lac se dresse le cône volcanique de Tihany. L'abbaye fortifiée construite sur i

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. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 8H AIJSTEIA-HUNGARY. Sea" by Magyar poets, although its shores were inhabited by Slovenes, and its name is derived from a Slav word meaning " marsh." The Balaton recalls in no sense the beautiful lakes of the Alps, but, although partly bounded by low marshes, its northern shore is picturesque. Hills clad with forests or covered with vine- yards bound it, old castles occupy the promontories, villas and villages lie hidden in the valleys, and in the centre of the lake rises the volcanic cone of Tihany. The fortified abbey built upon its summit long resisted the onslaughts of the Turks, after all other castles had fallen. The waters of the Balaton are slightly brackish, for the lake is partly fed by mineral springs, some of which are thermals, to judge from the differences of temperature observed. The fishermen dwelling along its shores pretend to have observed a tide, but this phenomenon is no doubt the same as that of the scicJies of Fig. 57.—The L.^ke of Neusiedl. Senile 1 : 800, 000. I 15' E.of Paris. Sommerein ^ o -ja) ^ % ^^ iZ^gO'E.ofGr. the Lake of Geneva (see vol. ii. p. 423). The average depth of the Balaton amounts to 20 feet, and near the extinct volcano of Tihany, where it is deepest, it does not exceed 150 feet. The lake is drained by the Si6, a small river flowing to the Danube. The Komans first attempted to drain the lake, and since 1825, in which year the work was resumed, 490 square miles of swamp have been gained to cultivation. The lake itself has shrunk, for its level has fallen 39 inches. Unfortunately the fine sand which covers the parts of its bed now exposed is carried by the wind far into the country. A species of perch, known as foyas, is caught in the lake, and highly valued for its flesh.* The Lake of Neusiedl lies in the plain bounded by the heights of the Leitha and the Balcony. If it were not for the hills which shelter this lake on the west, * Altitude of Lake Balaton, 426 f

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