. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. B E R B E. wuh woods n«r the top, and nearer the plain with vineyards, warren, are called "" con^y-bcrres " wns j and hence our The level road is planted with rows of walnut trees, and on rrh fi,}e are firlds and meacows that are verv frrtiip Th- walnut trees oi ucik;;ii ii> aiiu °ii" [i.'yiVlG-a cbli- fiierable profit to the country by the wood and the fruit; and the wine produced there is an iuexhaulliblc fourccof fupply to the inhabitants. In one y
. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. B E R B E. wuh woods n«r the top, and nearer the plain with vineyards, warren, are called "" con^y-bcrres " wns j and hence our The level road is planted with rows of walnut trees, and on rrh fi,}e are firlds and meacows that are verv frrtiip Th- walnut trees oi ucik;;ii ii> aiiu °ii" [i.'yiVlG-a cbli- fiierable profit to the country by the wood and the fruit; and the wine produced there is an iuexhaulliblc fourccof fupply to the inhabitants. In one yc^rthey have exportci 40,000 rough mide walnut tree m'.ifkct ftock-, from rhefe parts to Saxony. From the nuts they make an excellent oil, which ftrves the coirm -n people inltcad of butrer, and the inferior fort i-s ufed for Limps. The almond tride, of which ^reat quanti'ics grow alrng the B^rgilrafs, is very conGdtrable. The warmth of the climate, and goointfj cf the foil m the Btrgitrafs, are f;ich, that after rye-harveft the land may be fown a fecond time with fpelt, buck-wheat, or oats, which are alinays reaped the fame year. BERGUES, or Berg, or Btticvts Si- Finox, stownof France, and principal place of a dillritt, in the department of the North ; fo calied from St. Vinox, a Fltmifli lord, who lived here. It is feattd on the river Coime, at the union of ftveral canals, which pafs to Dunkirk, Gravelincs, St. Omer, Fumes, &c., and contains two parifhes. Berg was the lad town of Weft Flanders which held out for the Dutch in the 16th century. It was taken by the French in l6j8, and to them by the peace of the Pyrenees in the fol- lowing year. Since that time it has been fo-tif;cd by new works, and the country round it may belaid underwater by means of fluiccs ; i^ league fouth of Dunkirk. It contains ^08; inhabitants, and in the canton are 14,026. The terri- tonai excert comprehends 130 kiliometres, and. 13 com- mune'. N. lat. y-j' 5;'. E. lon^. 2- 3/;'. BERG
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