a province of Germany, in the circle of Austria, with the title of a duchy. It is bounded on the north by the archduchy of Austria, on the east by Hungary, on the south by Carniola, and on the west by Carinthia and the archbishopric of Salzburg; it is 125 miles in length and 17 in breadth, and is said to contain 22 cities, 95 towns, 338 castles, 15 convents, and 200,000 inhabitants. Though it is a mountainous country, yet there is a great deal of land fit for tillage, and the soil is so good, that the inhabitants never were in want of corn. It contains mines of very good iron; whence the arms made there are in great esteem. The women differ greatly from the Austrians, and are very plain and ingenious. They have all swellings on their throats, called bronchoceler. The men are also very simple, and are rather disposed to indulge in indolence. The chief town is Gratz.