, on the Little Henty river. Pop. (1901) 5014. It is an important railway centre, and from it radiate lines to Strahan, its port on the Macquarie Harbour, to Dundas, to Williamsford; Ind to Burnie, where connexion is made to 4 Hadrach, i.e the Assyrian Hatarika, apparently denotes a
of Westkapelle there stretches the famous Westkapelle sea-dike. The mainland of ZeelandFlanders was formerly also composed of numerous islands which were gradually united by the
of mud and sand, and in this way many once flourishing commercial towns, such as Sluis and Aardenburg, were reduced in importance. The famous castle of Sluis, built in 1385, was partly blown up by the French in 1794, and totally demolished in 1818. Yzendyke represents a Hanse town which flourished in the 13th century and was gradually engulfed by the sea. Similarly the
port of Breskens was destroyed by inundations in the 15th and 16th centuries. The modern town rose into importance in the 19th century on account of its good harbour. The old towns of Axel and Halst were formerly important fortresses, and as, such were frequently besieged in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Ter Neuzen was strongly fortified in 183339, and has a flourishing transit trade, as the port of
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