OSTEND

a busy port and water i Oo place of Belgium, Its sea-wall, 3 mi jlong, mekes a fino ply | and | J. | town contains ample accommodation n | the 20,000 summer visitors who © st Ostend for health and pleasure. It} r-' a cons i dor able fishing trade, and 5, of | dairy-produce, rabbits and oyeters, it 1601 to 1604 it held out against | 4S | Spaniards in the great struggle for Dut | independence; population about 20,0 ©) [s. 231]