. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 438 BELGIUM. amongst the imports there figure large quantities of corn, Belgium no longer being able to supph^ the whole of its population with food. About two-thirds of the commerce are carried on across the land frontiers, one-third by sea, and nearly all through Antwerp, one of the most important ports of Central Europe. Belgian vessels, however, participate only to a small extent in this maritime carrying trade,* England having secured more than two-thirds of it. The Flemings were formerly the instructors of the Dutch in Fig. 243.—Canals and N
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 438 BELGIUM. amongst the imports there figure large quantities of corn, Belgium no longer being able to supph^ the whole of its population with food. About two-thirds of the commerce are carried on across the land frontiers, one-third by sea, and nearly all through Antwerp, one of the most important ports of Central Europe. Belgian vessels, however, participate only to a small extent in this maritime carrying trade,* England having secured more than two-thirds of it. The Flemings were formerly the instructors of the Dutch in Fig. 243.—Canals and Navigakle Kiveiis of Belgium. Scale 1 : 2,200, Navlijahli rivers <5- canaU 25 Miles. seamanship, but have hardly any ships of their own now. This is undoubtedly due to fiscal mismanagement, for Belgium possesses all the materials requisite for the construction of ships. The Belgian marine has only slightly increased in the course of the last twenty years. Nor is the fleet of fishing-smacks very consider- able, for the herring fisheries have been abandoned since 1863 as unprofitable, * In 1877 6,17'3 vessels, of 2,673,615 tons, entered, 16-6 per cent, of the tonnage being under the Belgian 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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