Hercy̆nia

, a celebrated forest of Germany, which, according to Cæsar, required nine days’ journey to cro it; and which on some parts was found without any boundaries, though travelled over for 60 days succe ively. It contained the modern countries of Switzerland, Basil, Spires, Transylvania, and a great part of Ru ia. In length of time the trees were rooted up, and when population increased the greatest part of it was made inhabitable. Cæsar , Gallic War , bk. 6 , ch. 24 .— Mela. — Livy , bk. 5 , ch. 54 .— Tacitus , German i a , ch. 30 .