. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 2 Miles. menades, and the number of its inhabitants is diminishing.* Worse still, in no other town of Belgium is pauperism more widespread. Lace-making, which employs most of the poor, is far from being remunerative. Walking through the silent streets of the old city, we migbt fancy ourselves in a museum. Nearly all the remarkable buildings lie within a narrow compass, towards the centre of the city: the belfry; the cathedral; the church of Our Lady, with Michael Angelo's statue of the Virgin and the sumptuous tomb of Mary of Burgundy; the chapel of St. San
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 2 Miles. menades, and the number of its inhabitants is diminishing.* Worse still, in no other town of Belgium is pauperism more widespread. Lace-making, which employs most of the poor, is far from being remunerative. Walking through the silent streets of the old city, we migbt fancy ourselves in a museum. Nearly all the remarkable buildings lie within a narrow compass, towards the centre of the city: the belfry; the cathedral; the church of Our Lady, with Michael Angelo's statue of the Virgin and the sumptuous tomb of Mary of Burgundy; the chapel of St. Sang, much frequented by pilgrims ; the town-hall ; and the hospital of St. John, with paintings by ]\[emling. It was at Bruges that Caxton * Inhabitants :—1846, 49,803 ; 1866,47,205; 1876,45,097.
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