fittle Corn or Pafturage for the Proportion of Earth that we pafs'd through, the Lands of the Tirol not being able to feed the Inhabitants. This long Valley of the Tirol lyes enclos'd on all Sides by the Alps, tho' its Dominions fhoot out into feveral Branches that lye among the Breaks and Hollows of the Mountains. It is govern'd by Three Councils refiding at Infprack, one fits upon Life and Death, the other is for Taxes and Impofitions, and a third for the common Diftributions of Justice. As thefe Courts regulate themselves by the Orders they receive from the Imperial Court fo in many Cafes there are Ap peals from 'em to Vienna. The Inhabi tants of the Tirol have many particular Privileges above thofe of the other Hereditary Countries of the Emperor. For as they are naturally wel fortify'd among their Mountains and at the fame time border upon many different Governments as the Grifons, Venetians, Swifs, Bavarians, &c. a fevere Treatment might tempt 'em to fet up for a Republick, or at least throw themfelves under the milder Government of fome of their Neighbours. Besides that their Country is poor, and that the Emperor draws confiderable Incomes out of its Mines of Salt and Metal. They are thefe Mines that fill the Country with greater Numbers of People than it would be able to fupport without the Importation of Corn from foreign Parts. The Emperor has Forts

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and Cittadels at the Entrance of all the
Paffes that lead into the Tirol, which are
fo advantagiously plac'd upon Rocks and
Mountains, that they command all the
Vallies and Avenues that lye about 'em.
Befides, that the Country it felf is cut into
fo many Hills and Inequalities, as would
render it defenfible by a very little Army
against a numerous Enemy. It was there-
fore generally thought the Duke of Bava-
ria would not attempt the cutting off any
Succours that were fent to Prince Eugene;
or the forcing his Way through the Tirol
into Italy. The River Inn, that had hither-
to been shut up among Mountains, passes
generally through a wide open Country du-
ring all its Courfe through Bavaria, which
is a Voyage of Two Days, after the rate
of Twenty Leagues a Day.

The EN D.