BOIS-LE-DUC

a city of Holland, in North Brabant, at the junction of the Dommelil and Aa rivers. It is an important industrial city and has manufactures of clothing, hats, cotton goods, etc. Its harbor is excellent and it has con-| sider able commerce by water.. The cathedral is one of the most famous in the Netherlands. Here the English were defeated by the French in 1794. Pop. about 45,000. thor and economist, magistrate at Rouen tiese): published Detail de la France ton Factum de la France (1705 or