very luxuriantly in and about the city of Corinth. Corinth is one of
the most charming places that you can fancy to yourself, and is
surrounded by beautiful views and the remains of ancient temples,
columns, and statues; groves of fine olive trees border the city, and
the waters of two bays meet near the entrance. The ruins of the
ancient temples and buildings in Athens, the capital of Greece, are
still to be seen; but so little do the ignorant and foolish people,
who have lived in the city in modern times, value these great works,
that they have for hundreds of years used the greater part of the
splendid marbles to build their houses, which are only ordinary and
common-looking.

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The inhabitants of Bavaria and Belgium have sent almost numberless
articles of industry to the Exhibition; furs, lace, machinery, corn,
books, furniture, and metals.

Belgium was formerly called Flanders, and the people produced superior
cloth, hats, cutlery, and other useful things, a very great many years
before the English could make any thing better than the most common
sort of goods. The Belgians are still celebrated for their ingenuity
in making toys, lace, cloth, silk, satin, velvet, and other useful
articles. They are also famous for the culture of flowers, in which
they excel even the Dutch. Every house has a garden attached, which is
frequently surrounded by a moat. The country is small, but every part
of the land is made fertile by the industry of the farmers, of whom
there are a great number; many of them grow flax, which is woven into
linen by the women. There is a weekly market for linen, held at Ghent,
whither the peasantry carry their products for sale, and both men and