. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 1 Mile. the agricultural town oî31aldeg1iem, (8,500 inhabitants), has fared no better. The actual port of Flanders is Ostend (16,823 inhabitants), on the open sea, a town rendered famous by a three-years' siege sustained against the Spaniards in the beginning of the seventeenth century. Ostend is the second port of Belgium, most of its trade being carried on with England and in English bottoms. The recent competi- tion of Flushing has injuriously affected the passenger traffic of the Flemish city.* * Imports (1876), £ ; exports to England, £648,860.
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 1 Mile. the agricultural town oî31aldeg1iem, (8,500 inhabitants), has fared no better. The actual port of Flanders is Ostend (16,823 inhabitants), on the open sea, a town rendered famous by a three-years' siege sustained against the Spaniards in the beginning of the seventeenth century. Ostend is the second port of Belgium, most of its trade being carried on with England and in English bottoms. The recent competi- tion of Flushing has injuriously affected the passenger traffic of the Flemish city.* * Imports (1876), £ ; exports to England, £648,860. Passengers (1875), 35,741 ; (1876), 24,275,
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