BRESLAU, a small duchy of Lower Silesia, in
Germany, lying between those of Wolaw, Olse, Brieg,
Schwednitz, and Lignitz. It is everywhere level and
flat; is an excellent corn country, yielding also good
pasture; abounding also with herds of cattle and flocks
of sheep; but destitute of wood, except in one district
or circle; and the roads in general are very bad. It is
an immediate principality, that is, one of which both
the property and jurisdiction belong to the king, form-
ing a part of one of the three bailiwics into which all
the immediate principalities are divided.