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a duchy, the country which extends between the Meuse and the Ehine is quite 

 rural in its aspect. 



On the Lower Rhine there are no towns which equal Dii^seldorf in importance. 

 Past Ucr.lingen (3,216 inhabitants), the port of Crefeld, the river flows beneath the 

 railway bridge of RJicinliausen, and we reach Euhrort (9,051 inhabitants), at the 

 mouth of tlie Ruhr, one of the busiest ports of Germany, exporting annually over 

 1,000,000 tons of coal. Ruhrort has ship-yards and factories, and is the port of a 

 number of important manufacturing cities, including Dimhunj (37,380 inhabitants), 

 M'âlheim-on-the-Ruhr (15,277 inhabitants), and Oherhausen (15,479 inhabitants). 



Wcsel (19,104 inhabitants) is situate on the right bank of the Rhine, at the 



Fig. 120. — Crefeld and its Environs. 

 Scale 1 : 250,000, 



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mouth of the Lippe. It is an ancient town, with gabled houses and an old Gothic 

 church, growing an abundance of fruit and vegetables in the gardens which 

 surround it. Wesel defends the Dutch frontiers of Germany, and its works have 

 recently been augmented. A permanent bridge, no less than 6,285 feet in length, 

 including its approaches, here crosses the Rhine. Xaiiten (3,292 inhabitants), a 

 decayed town, and Emmerich (8,107 inhabitants), are the last German towns 

 washed by the floods of the Rhine. On a terrace to the west of the latter rises 

 Cleve (Cleves, 9,233 inhabitants), a name perhaps signifying "cliff"." The legend 

 of Lohengrin, the "Knight of the Swan," is associated with this town. 



The country around Crefeld is one of the most densely populated dii^tricts of 



