a handsome, large, and ancient town of France, the capital of Picardy, and a bishop's see. The nave of the cathedral church is a finished piece of building, and the whole structure stately; besides which, there are ten parish-churches, and one in the suburbs, several religious houses, an academy of belles lettres, five gates, and about 35,000 inhabitants. Three branches of the river Somme enter this city, over which there are as many bridges. It lies in the road from Calais to Paris, and was taken by the Spaniards in 1597, by the following stratagem: Soldiers, disguised like peasants, conducted a cart loaded with nuts, and let a bag of them fall just as the gate was opened; while the guard was busy in gathering up the nuts, the Spaniards entered, and became masters of the town. It was re-taken by Henry IV. who built a citadel here. It has manufactures in linen and woollen cloth;