See also:

• SCHELDT (Fr. Escaut, Flem. Schelde)

SCHELDT (Fr. Escaut, Flem. Schelde)  , a See also:

• RIVER

river rising near Catelet in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, entering See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium near Bleharies in See also:

• HAINAUT (Flem. Henegouwen, Ger. Hennegau)

Hainaut, and flowing past See also:

• TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik)

Tournai, Oudenarde, See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent and See also:

• TERMONDE (Flemish Dendermonde)

Termonde till it reaches See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp . Some distance below Antwerp, in front of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island Beveland, where the river divides into two channels, respectively See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the island, both See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks belong to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland . Of the two channels named, the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern, which reaches the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea at See also:

• FLUSHING
• FLUSHING (Dutch Vlissingen)

Flushing, is the more important and is used for ocean See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce . The See also:

• SCHELDT (Fr. Escaut, Flem. Schelde)

Scheldt has a length of 250 m., of which, by a skilful arrangement of locks, not less than 207 M. are navigable . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal tributaries are the Lys and the Dender . By the treaty of See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster in 1648 the Dutch obtained the right to See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close the Scheldt to See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation, and they clung tenaciously to it for over two centuries . In 1839 on the final See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands, Holland gave definite See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form to this right by fixing the See also:

• TOLL (etymologically, that which is numbered or counted; from a common Teutonic form, cf. " tale," " tell ")
• TOLL, JOHAN KRISTOFFER, COUNT (1743-1817)

toll, and by obtaining the assent of the See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers to the arrangement which fettered the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of Antwerp . In 1863 after See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long negotiations Belgium bought up this right—each of the powers interested in the trade contributing its quotaaad the navigation of the Scheldt was then declared See also:

• FREE

free .