Cassel

or Ka el, formerly the residence of the Elector of He e-Ca el, is now the chief town in the province of He e-Na au, Pru ia, on the Fulda, 91 miles N. N. E. of Frankfort-on-the-Main. There are many fine walks and public gardens in the vicnity; among the latter are the gardens of Wilhelmshohe, in which is situated the ex-elector’s summer palace, the residence of the late Emperor Napoleon ITI., after his i taken prisoner at Sedan, from Sept. 5, 1870, to March 19, i871. Pop. (1900), 105,055.