. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. therlands-Domination of Austria and Spain—The kingdom of Belgium—Agriculture and manufactiires Coal and iron mines—Linen, cotton, and woollen manufacttires—Antwerp and Ostend trade—Prosperity of Belgium—Self-satisfaction and fussiness—Turbulence in manufacturingdistricts—Characters of chief cities—Departed greatness—Bruges inthe middle ages—Ypres and Ghent—The Brewer of Ghent
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. therlands-Domination of Austria and Spain—The kingdom of Belgium—Agriculture and manufactiires Coal and iron mines—Linen, cotton, and woollen manufacttires—Antwerp and Ostend trade—Prosperity of Belgium—Self-satisfaction and fussiness—Turbulence in manufacturingdistricts—Characters of chief cities—Departed greatness—Bruges inthe middle ages—Ypres and Ghent—The Brewer of Ghent—Manu-factures of Liege—The Bishops of Liege—Vicissitudes of Antwerp—Ruined by Spanish and Dutch—Again prosperous—Cathe-drals and municipal buildings of Belgium — Rubens andTeniers. THE Belgians constitute a far less distinctivepeople tlian the Dutch. They are in factan artificial compound of the Flemings, whoare closely related to the Dutch, withthe AValloons and French. Frenchis the official and predominant lan-The Walloons are descendants of theold Belgse, a Celtic people ; and thus Belgiumpresents us with many more resemblances to^ England than even Holland; for a Teutonic. ij^ Flemings andWalloons. guage. 1S6 THE BELGIANS. 127 and Celtic mixture forms the essential character of both English andBelgians, The Celts were conquered by Germans, and long teutonicruled by Franks. Among the counties and dukedoms into and Celticwhich it was divided, Flanders became superior. But for longcenturies the fate of Belgium was to be tied up with the the latter revolted, great part of Belgium remained Long con-under the rule of Spain ; but successive portions were ceded to N|tberi£^France, including Lille and Valenciennes. During the greaterpart of the eighteenth century Belgium belonged to Austria, of^^trlaThe French Republic annexed Belgium in 1794; but after and the kingdom of the Netherlands was created, which Tiie
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