ZEALAND, is also a province of the United Netherlands, consisting of eight islands, which lie in the mouth of the river Scheldt, bounded by the province of Hol-
land, from which they are separated by a narrow channel, on the north; by Brabant on the east; by Flanders, from which they are separated by one of the branches of the Scheldt, on the south; and by the German ocean on the west.