. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 476 THE NETHEELANDS. Flanders, Its inhabitants engage largely in oyster-fishing. Biervliet (2,094 inhabitants), the birthplace of Beukelszoon, who first taught the Dutch to pickle herrings, is a decayed town, whilst Ruht (2,334 inhabitants), formerly a busy commercial city, has dwindled into insignificance since the silting up of its canal. Goes (6,063 inhabitants), the capital of Beveland, occupies the centre of one of Fig. 266.—Bergen-op-Zoom. Scale 1 : 150, ''WESTSCHELOE/;.,,,^, 4°iO£ofCr . 2 Miles. the most remarkable agricultural distric
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 476 THE NETHEELANDS. Flanders, Its inhabitants engage largely in oyster-fishing. Biervliet (2,094 inhabitants), the birthplace of Beukelszoon, who first taught the Dutch to pickle herrings, is a decayed town, whilst Ruht (2,334 inhabitants), formerly a busy commercial city, has dwindled into insignificance since the silting up of its canal. Goes (6,063 inhabitants), the capital of Beveland, occupies the centre of one of Fig. 266.—Bergen-op-Zoom. Scale 1 : 150, ''WESTSCHELOE/;.,,,^, 4°iO£ofCr . 2 Miles. the most remarkable agricultural districts of Europe, and nowhere else can the peculiar features of polders be studied with equal advantage. Middelhurg (15,954 inhabitants), the capital of Walcheren, is one of the few Dutch towns able to boast the possession of a fine town-hall. Both the microscope and the telescope were invented here. The docks, though connected with the Schelde by canals, are no longer frequented by large vessels, since VUssingen {Flushing, 10,004 inhabitants) provides them with superior accommodation. That. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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