LESSE  , one of the most romantic of the smaller

rivers of Belgium . It rises at Ochamps in the Ardennes, and flowing in a north-westerly course reaches the Meuse at Anseremme, a few miles above Dinant . The river is only 49 M. long, but its meandering course may be judged by the fact that it is no more than 29 M. from Ochamps to Anseremme in a straight line . There is a good deal of pretty scenery along this river, as,for instance, atCiergnon, but the most striking part of the valley is contained in the last 12 M. from Houyet to Anseremme . In this section the river is confined between opposing walls of cliff ranging from 300 to 500 ft. above the rivet . Here were discovered in the caves near Waizin the bones of prehistoric men, and other evidence of the primitive occupants of this globe at a period practically beyond computation . Another curious natural feature of the Lesse is that on reaching the hill of Han it disappears underground, reappearing about 1 m. farther on at the village of that name . Here are the curious and interesting Han grottoes . The Lesse receives altogether in its short course the water of thirteen tributaries .