. The earth and its inhabitants .. . IMBURG.—MaastricJd (29,083 inhabitants), a dismantled fortress which the Dutch insisted upon retaining when Belgium was granted its independence, stands upon the left bank of the Meuse, and is joined by a bridge to its suburb Wyk. Of its many sieges that of 1579 is the most famous. There are glass houses, paper- mills, and other factories, and a brisk trade is carried on. Roermond (9,730 inha- bitants), lower down on the Maas, boasts a fine abbey of the thirteenth century and numerous other churches. Its chief industry consists in the manufacture of images
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . IMBURG.—MaastricJd (29,083 inhabitants), a dismantled fortress which the Dutch insisted upon retaining when Belgium was granted its independence, stands upon the left bank of the Meuse, and is joined by a bridge to its suburb Wyk. Of its many sieges that of 1579 is the most famous. There are glass houses, paper- mills, and other factories, and a brisk trade is carried on. Roermond (9,730 inha- bitants), lower down on the Maas, boasts a fine abbey of the thirteenth century and numerous other churches. Its chief industry consists in the manufacture of images and other ecclesiastical objects. Venlo (8,496 inhabitants) was formerly of great importance as a fortress, and carries on a brisk trade in cattle and agricultural produce. Weert (7,268 inhabitants), on the skirts of the Campine, is an important market town, whilst Kerkrade (5,817 inhabitants), near the Prussian frontier, has coal mines. North Brabant is in the main an agricultural country, but also carries on a flourishing woollen industry. ' 's Hertogenhosch (Bois-le-Duc, 24,529 inhabitants), the capital, is named after a magnificent park, of which not a vestige remains. It has important manufactures, but is better known as a fortress. Tilburg (26,103 inhabitants) is the centre of the Dutch woollen industry, and increases rapidly. Breda (16,085 inhabitants), its neighbour, is a famous fortress, lying in a swampy plain, whilst Bergen-op-Zoom (4,839 inhabitants) stands commandingly upon a hill overlooking the Schelde. Its harbour, however, is no longer accessible, and oyster-breeding has superseded maritime commerce. Other towns in this province are Grave (3,011 inhabitants), an old fortress on the Maas; Geertriddenburg, a small port near the Biesbosch ; Eindhoven (3,565 inhabitants) and Helmond (7,066 inhabitants), small manufacturing towns near the sterile tract of the Campine. Zealand (Dutch Zeeland) consists of six detached portions, viz. Dutch Flanders, to the south of t
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