Travels Through France and Italy, and Part of Austrian, French, and Dutch Netherlands, During the Years 1745 and 1746 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Travels Through France and Italy, and Part of Austrian, French, and Dutch Netherlands, During the Years 1745 and 1746Calais, so called from the Calites, the people who inha bited this part in Caesar's time, is a small, but populous, and tolerable trading town. Being conquered by our heroic Ed ward 111. It remained in the hands of the English 200 years, till re-taken under Qieen Mary. Yet it shows no monu ments of its former masters except its parish-church, built by our ancestors: It is impregnable. The river Hames fills its moats, and makes the country very marshy as far as Cuishes, a burgh two leagues off. The town has a double great moat, regular fortifications, a great many strong forts round, and only one gate to the land, not to be approached but by a cause way over the marsh, called the bridge of Nieullay. It is e qually strong to the sea, its port is double, the great port, and that of Cadegray, the first defended by two moles, and both by the Risban, a strong fortress, preventing any ap proaching so near as to be able to bombard it. This part of Lower Picardy is called Pair reconguz}, since France recovered it from the English. Here are many wells which ebb and ¿ow with the sea, occasioned by subterraneous communica tions. There are also springs of fresh water on the coast. The irregularities of some in their ¿owing depend on hidden siphons in their natural conduits under the earth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.