. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 386 BELGIUM. learned geographer must give up in despair the attempt of bringing order out of the chaos. The Lys, for instance, is officially supposed to terminate at Ghent, but in reality its waters discharge themselves also in tlie direction of Ostend and Bruo-es, with whicb it is connected by canals. The principal estuary of the Fig. 217.—The Lower Schelde in the Beginning of the Eleventh Century. According to Stessels. Scale 1 : 260, ; A°IO' 4°20' 5 Miles. Schelde has considerably changed its position even within historical times. The
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 386 BELGIUM. learned geographer must give up in despair the attempt of bringing order out of the chaos. The Lys, for instance, is officially supposed to terminate at Ghent, but in reality its waters discharge themselves also in tlie direction of Ostend and Bruo-es, with whicb it is connected by canals. The principal estuary of the Fig. 217.—The Lower Schelde in the Beginning of the Eleventh Century. According to Stessels. Scale 1 : 260, ; A°IO' 4°20' 5 Miles. Schelde has considerably changed its position even within historical times. The Hont, or Western Schelde, which is at present the great water highway of Antwerp, was formerly only a shallow creek, across which processions of pilgrims were able to march from Flanders into Walcheren. If old chroniclers can be believed, it was only in 1173 that the sea swept away the dunes which joined. 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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