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Volume 11 · 51 words · 1842 Edition

a city of the Netherlands, in the province of Gueldres, on the Zuyder Zee. It was formerly fortified, but the walls are decayed. There is a collegiate institution of education. In 1831 it contained 4831 inhabitants, who were chiefly employed in fishing, and trading in corn, especially oats, and in wood.