Excerpt from A System of Geography, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 4 of 6 When Germany first attracted the attention of the Romans, it was much colder than it is at present. The Rhine and the Danube were frequently frozen over and capable of supporting the heaviest waggons and the rein-deer was a native of those parts, though he: cannot now sub sist in any country to the south of the Baltic. The extreme cold of ancient Germany was no doubt owing chiefly to' the extensive morasses and forests that covered the surface of the country, and intercepted the rays of the sun. The woods have been long ago cleared, the marshes drained, and the soil cultivated; so that the climate has become more temperate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.