a considerable city of France in Picardy, and the capital of Ponthieu. The river Somme divides it into two parts. It has a collegiate church and twelve parish churches, the most considerable of which are St George's and St Giles'; besides a great number of monasteries and nunneries, a bailiwick, and a presidial court. It is a fortified town; the walls are flanked with bastions, and surrounded by large ditches. It was never taken; from which circumstance it is sometimes called the Maiden Town; and hence too its motto, Semper fidelis. The number of the inhabitants amounts to 36,000. The situation in the midst of a fertile valley is pleasant and healthy. It is famous for its woollen manufactory established in 1665 under the auspices of Colbert. The stuffs manufactured here are said to equal in fabric and quality the finest in Europe. There is also a manufactory of firearms, and a considerable trade in grain, lint, and hemp. It is about 15 miles east of the British channel, and ships may come from thence by the river Somme to the middle of the town. E. Long. 2. 6. N. Lat. 50. 7.