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BELGIUM. 



Semoy. It rises upon a bleak plateau, 1,300 feet above tbe level of the sea, and 

 its only curiosities consist in the Eoman antiquities preserved in its museum. 

 J^irfo)i (2,100 inhabitants), a sort of Belgian Nice, sheltered from northerly winds, 

 lies to the south of Arlon, whilst Bouillon (2,500 inhabitants), modestly nestling 



Fig. 225.— Famur and the Confluence of the Mecse and Samiîue. 

 Scale 1 : 30,000. 



2° 28 ^ o^V 



2° 30' 



4''4a'"'^.0f Or, 



4° so- 



Half a MUe. 



at the foot of an old fortress, is situate in the valley of the Semoy, not for from 

 the French frontier. 



The Meuse leaves France to the north of Givet, and soon after reaches Dinnnt 

 (6,200 inhabitants), a town occupying a narrow ledge between the river and the 

 steep cliffs which bound its valley. Dinant has never wholly recovered from its 

 destruction by Philip of Burgundy, very improperly surnamed "the Good." 

 In the twelfth ceniury it was famous for its copper-ware, known as dinandories, 

 but the only products of its industry still appreciated are spiced cakes, or conques, 

 shaped to represent men, processions, or even landscapes. Dinant, one of the 



