CURISCHIE, a long strip of land in Prussia, in the province of East Prussia, about 60 miles in length, and nowhere above 3 in breadth, separating the lagoon called the Curische Haff from the Baltic. It consists of sand, and is entirely barren. Several villages have been buried by the gradual accumulation of the sand.

FRISCHIE, a similar sandy strip in West Prussia, between the Frische Haff and the Baltic.