The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

LITHUANIA. 257Physical Features.From the geographical point of view this portion of the empire is fairly welldefined, for the Niemen and Dvina basins are separated from the Dnieper byalmost impenetrable forest and widespread marshes, while eastwards runs a rangeof hills forming the watershed between the Nienien, Dnieper, and Dvina affluentsFig. 120.Lands of the Lithuanians, and of the Principality of Lithuania.According to Dragomanov. Scale 1 : 15,000,000.E.of.P.Letto-Lithuanians, Letto-Lithuanians, Lithuania, LithuaniaTenth Century. Nineteenth Century. Fifteenth Century, in the Polish State.K v n s Ci Y///A r "iOld Lithuanian >qlands occupied by $Little Great WhiteRussians, Russians, Russians.—>^— 200 Miles.The four provinces (Eovno, Vilna, Grodno, and Vitebsk) have an area of 64,778square miles, with a population (1876) of 4,446,000, or about 69 to the squaremile. Like Poland, they are cut off from the sea by a narrow strip on the Balticconnecting Kurland with Prussia.