S63Sa?S3?S5SSSS5?= 



Church, two for the Tni 



Presbyterians, Independents, and J , r.t), , 



a handsome town-house a towr atholics. There are also 



benevolent inrtitubvS "for tht^iaint ' ' ^T^' 8ch o1 ' and a 

 orphan, and other d^te^S^'K.'^SW^ f f P r 



: SSEiaHrv^P^ 

 ^SSiSSSrsSSS'SS 



AISNE. 



southward to 

 Seme-et-Marne, and in this sect 

 of the waters of the Ourcq 

 supply of Paris 



160 



^^ _ 



in the east of this 

 ', the Ourcq turns 

 i the department of 

 it is navigable : part 

 a navigable canal for the 



... ,ii!-, , ,-TS in tne cieiiaT-tmmi ^F ~\ji ^- * ujiicu oy 



of Clermont-en-Argonne, and after ran f Me "se, 10 miles south 

 north-west past Saint<>-M.!n^i,n B iV^ a m iles westward turns 

 Marne. Continuing The same dire -H T,* f the de P art ^ent of 

 the Aisne enters the depart of H Sainte-Mene-hould, 



on its right bank, and C Tl^lfv' re eivea the ^ 

 oast Rethel and ' * ? r l Vou " 



Soissons, 



west 



runs from 





m 8t 



.ta 



by a handsome tower; the church^ St "'^^'^^/""nounted 

 14th century; the church of St 31 i ^ T^' h date9 from the 

 the barrack,,, which are kree e handsome gothic edifice ; and 



ranks aa a fortress o7 thTfo,^ i ^ accommo ^te 6000 men. Aire 

 important port to ^ the defence of *""' ^ K Iooked "" M " 

 Aa. It wa founded by 1,1^^ first co'unt"^ be , tween * he L T nd 

 The Northmen ravaifed it ^ in 881 Tfc w ^ders, about A.D. 830. 

 the Spaniards, whomever T- h *""* !t in 1641 from 



himself ma^rTf t^e w CVd '*' In - 164 L " is XIV ' 

 guaranteed by the treaty o 





, 



' 



""- 



" S ' by those of 



of France 



nowhere ezc 

 Histricts the 

 directions. The n 

 uplands, which 

 n the 



giv^, ^eTh;7a^Tng?h e of b c r onfn 9tate ^ 29 "TS*"*" road ^ 



northeastwards to the fieri n ft : ' S 'T" 6 of construction 

 ment with the coal-fields of g Charl "of 1 "' 9 " * C nDeCt the de P art - 



of griourtureT t go t od re and a an C thr er ' y Ta '' iety f ^ ; the 



common sort. nf corn; j. niitS) 



P er 





ills, 



8 l ' thern 

 pnn K in all 



?"* f,, tne A A " Ie ''es,a P system of 

 hUls (an offset 

 , but are fun-,,, i ""* form a <=on- 



ailejC/ , . ' ,' '' "".""""'' 1 ' 1 " i-l-ted heights by 



very stei> , ! P ^ . vlnes w hich are screened 



North 8 TH I 1 h '" 



It is also rich in timber anrfrnn? P> , rned ca . 



the arrondissement of Uon is of "" f evera ' fo . rest - The land in 

 not very productive of wheat a f Z$L raid(llln 1^y, ^d is 

 rable b^adth of land is Towed vtt ff""' alth l ' gh a conside - 



and artichokes are grown A I'oo f) "A 1 * 168 of leguminous plants 

 and meadow. The principal for, V 

 reste 



of leguminous plants 



principal for, , is laid out in P a8t e 



( f reste . are >oae of Coucy, Villequier, 



being 590 zeex .Dove th. 



...,?'' -HHmication,. 



rely to,, 



lon ? H border, drai,,,,l 1 



Sambre [NonD], and thc ' no ,. e 

 Quentin which u drained by th, 



the upland region i 



general south-wertern .lir.vti,,,,, the ()isp 

 WDICQ is nflvipnnlc l>clnw *** 



The department belong, a lmo(rt 

 e exceptions are a narrow strip 



<" 5" " 1 * r Scheldt - and P* 

 f th " ^^en ab-,,,t s, 



in 



de P artment 



1 a feeder of e ", 



, "connected by canal* with the 



r,d the Sen,, (which i fed hv'ti" I ,' le I )artmeDt receire " the 

 The outh f";'; ''" ''I "" d I" 



v 



, 



dMce of a 



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.ir ri ,,,,liBsements of Laon Soissona nnrl (>,/ m^. vineyards m the 

 -peaking the wine ^SS^^S^S^S^'r^ 

 grown along the Marne ; the total quantftyZoduce 1 an n ". f * hat 

 six millions of gallons Horses arT. lce 'i a mnmlly is about 



plough. Great attention is naidtosWnt M ? UMTel J r " Sed in the 

 of cattle ; wool is an importa 



