Havelock

[From Sir Henry Havelock, q. v.] A light linen covering for protecting the neck and shoulders from the sun, depending from the back of the shako, "Cry havock, kings."-Shaks. Hav're, or LE HAVRE, (formerly HAVRE DE GRACE,) a fortified town, and the principal seaport on the W.coast of France, dep. Seine-Inférieure, cap. arrond. on the N. bank of the Seine, at its mouth in the English Channel, 42 m. W. of Rouen, and 109 m. W.N.W. of Paris. This town is built on a low alluvial tract of land recovered from the sea, and is divided into unequal parts by its outward port and basins. The town has wide thoroughfares, and is clean and well-built, but presents few architectural features of interest. The port, which is the best and most acce ible on the coast, consists of 3 basins separated from each other, and from the outer port, by 4 locks, and is capable of accommodating about 450 ships. Two lighthouses, 50 ft. high, 325 ft. apart, and exhibiting powerful fixed lights, stand on Cape de la Hère, N.N.W. of H. , and 330 ft. above sea-level. H. has two roadsteads; the great , or outer, is about a league from the port, and the little , or inner roadstead, about half a league. In the former (where large ships always lie) there are from 6 to 7% fathoms water at ebb; and in the latter, from 3 to 32. H. being the seaport of Paris, most of the colonial and other products destined for its consumption are imported thither. H. receives 7-10ths of the cotton imported into France, half the potash and indigo, and more than a third part of the sugar and coffee. As respects cotton, H. is to France what Liverpool is to England. Manuf . Chemicals, furniture, earthenware, oil, tobacco, rope, . Ship-building is also extensively engaged in. Lines of steamers connect H. with the principal English ports, and establish a mail-service between France and N. York. Pop . (1897) about 120,000. at the confluence of the Teviot and Slitterig, 10 m. S W. of Jedburgh, and 53 S.E. of Edinburgh. Manus . Tweeds, hosiery, yarns, and gloves.