cow, with its many towers, and Podgórze, with the Krakusberg beyond
it; S. the Hohe Tatra; W. the Babiagóra (5660 ft.) and its neigh-
bours of the Beskid range; then the Vistula, traceable for a long
distance; N. the handsome marble buildings of the Camaldulensian
monastery of Bielany.
Salt Mines of Wieliczka. Railway viâ BierΖanów in 40 min. (or pleas-
anter by carriage, 10-16 K.; p. 277) to Wieliczka (833 ft.; Rail. Restaurant
and several inns; pop. 6000). Visitors are regularly admitted to the mines on
Tues., Thurs., and Sat. at 3 p.m.; if one of these days is a holiday, then
on the following day. At other times visitors drive direct to the office
and request permission to inspect the mine. Tickets of admission are
obtained at the office, 4 K. for each person. The charges fixed by tariff
for illumination vary from 40 to 130 K., according to the amount desired
and the number of persons. Visitors don mining attire and follow the
attendant. The inspection of the mines takes 1 ½-2 hrs.; carriages may
be ordered to wait at the shaft. Specimens of the rock-salt, from 10 kr.
each, are offered to visitors on quitting the mine.
These mines, the greatest depth of which is 980 ft., employ over 1200
hands and yield about 60,000 tons of salt annually. They consist of seven
different levels or stories, one above the other, and have eight shafts.
Total length of the mines, from E. to W., 2 1/3 M.; breadth, from N. to S.,
1040 yds. The different stories are connected by flights of steps, and are
pierced by a labyrinth of passages, the aggregate length of which is com-
puted at 65 M. The mines contain two ponds, which have boats upon
them. Many of the disused chambers, 70 of which are spacious, are em-
ployed as magazines, and some of them are embellished with candelabra,
etc., hewn in rock-salt. There are also several chapels with altars, statues,
and other ornaments in rock - salt. In the largest of these mass is cele-
brated annually on 3rd July and 24th December. Some of these subterranean
saloons are 80-100 ft. in height. The salt of Wieliczka is remarkable for
its purity and solidity, but is generally gray or blackish in colour. Travell-
ing in the interior is done by horse-tramways, 25 M. in total length, while
four steam-engines bring the salt and the miners to the surface.
Excursionists to the Hohe Tátra take the Galician Railway from Cra-
cow (Podgórze) by Sucha to Zakopane (p. 366).
From Cracow to Kocmyrzów+00F3W, 12 ½ M., railway in 1 ¼ hr. From (5 M.)
CzyΖny a branch runs to Mogita (2 M.), with a convent-church of the early
13th century.
50. From Cracow to Lemberg and Czernowitz.
Railway to Lemberg, 212 M. , in 7-10 hrs. (fares 28 K. 80, 17 K., 9 K.
20 h.; express 40 K. 50, 24 K. 80, 13 K. 10 h.); from Lemberg to Czernowitz,
164 M. in 5 ½-8 hrs. (fares 22 K. 40, 13 K. 40, 7 K. 30 h.; express 27. K. 50,
18 K. 40, 9 K. 20 h.).
Cracow, see p. 276. The train crosses the Vistula; on the right is
the Krakusberg (p. 281). 3 M. Podgorze-Póaszów (Rail. Restaurant),
see p. 276. — 5 ½ M. BierΖanów (branch to Wieliczka, see above). —
23 ½ M. Bochnia (Rail. Restaurant; pop. 10,000), with large salt-
mines. — 48 ½ M. Tarnów (Rail. Restaurant; Hôtel Krakau;
Métropole; pop. 31,700), junction of the line to Stróze (p. 287; 36 M.,
in 1 ¾ hr.), lies on the Dunajec, near its confluence with the Biala.
Interesting old town-hall. The high-lying Cathedral ( 15th cent.)
contains monuments of the Ostrogski and Tarnowski families.
69 M. Dembica (Rail. Restaurant), with a château of Prince
Radziwill (branch to Tarnobrzeg and Nadbrzezie); 98 M. Rzeszów