. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOWNS. 427 brouglit out his " Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy," the first book printed in. the English language. Statues have been erected to several famous natives of the town. One of them was Simon Stevin, the mathematician (born 1548). Milne-Edwards and De Potter are likewise natives of Bruges. Damme, the old port of Bruges, has dwindled down into a village, with a belfry and town-hall to remind us of the past. Sluis, or L'Écluse, a Dutch town near the mouth of the Zvvyn, where that river is joined by a brook flowing past Fig. 238.—
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOWNS. 427 brouglit out his " Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy," the first book printed in. the English language. Statues have been erected to several famous natives of the town. One of them was Simon Stevin, the mathematician (born 1548). Milne-Edwards and De Potter are likewise natives of Bruges. Damme, the old port of Bruges, has dwindled down into a village, with a belfry and town-hall to remind us of the past. Sluis, or L'Écluse, a Dutch town near the mouth of the Zvvyn, where that river is joined by a brook flowing past Fig. 238.—OsTENix Scale 1 : 60, 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,. 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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