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OSTEND

OSTEND, a favourite watering-place on the SW. coast of Belgium, 65 m. due W. of Antwerp; attracts thousands of visitors every summer; it is an important seaport, having daily mail communication with Dover, and it manufactures linen and sail-cloth; fishing is the chief industry; it is famed for oysters, which are brought over from England and fattened for export.


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