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K 29612:[A,1,7b], Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience
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Belgium and Holland: handbook for travellers |
Full text | xx Statistics. BELGIUM. four active and one depét division. The principal military depét is at Antwerp. — The Garde Civique, or militia, consists of about 34,000 men. The national colours, adopted in 1831, are red, yellow, and black, placed in three perpendicular stripes, which were the colours of the ancient Duchy of Brabant. The armorial bearings of Belgi consist of the Lion of Brabant, with the motto ‘L’wnion fait la ft In 1890 Belgium possessed 54 merchant-ships, including 42 steamers, of an aggregate burden of 70,222 tons; and in 1887, 344 fishing-boats of 12,490 tons, with about 1500 fishermen. It has no navy. CHARACTERISTICS. Those indicated by the following monkish lines are said to exist to some extent even at the present day: — ‘Nobilibus Bruxella viris, Antwerpia nummis, Gandavum laqueis, formosis Bruga puellis, Lovanium doctis, gaudet Mechlinia stultis’. (Brussels rejoices in noble men, Antwerp in money, Ghent in halters, Bruges in pretty girls, Louvain in learned men, and Malines in fools.) Halters are mentioned in connection with Ghent in allusion to the frequent htimiliations to which its turbulent citizens were subjected by their sovereigns. The unenviable repu- tation of the citizens of Malines originated in the story that they once mistook the moon shining through their cathedral-tower for a conflagration, and endeavoured to extinguish it by means of the fire-engines. |
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Acknowledgements | K 29612:[A,1,7b], Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience |
Source listing | Baedeker, Karl, Belgium and Holland: handbook for travellers, K 29612:[A,1,7b], Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience |