Excerpt from The Danube: In Five PartsThe Danube runs from the Black Forest to the Black Sea. It is formed by the junction of two small streams, the Brigach and Breg, just below Donaueschingen in the German state of Baden, at a point feet above sea level. It runs in an easterly direction across the German states of Wurtemberg, in which, at the city of Ulm, it becomes navigable, and Bavaria, where, at Ratisbon, reg ular navigation commences, then, after leaving the port of Passau, enters Austria, whose capital, Vienna, is a river town. From Austria the Danube traverses Hun gary from west to east, then north to south, with Buda pest, the Hungarian capital, on its banks, and after crossing the Hungarian J ugo-slav territory it becomes the boundary between Hungary and Serbia, ' changing its course again to an easterly direction. Belgrade, in Serbia, is the third capital on its shore.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.