[110] Le-āzh´, 50 miles east by south of Brussels.
[111] Ar-den´, wooded hill region between the Meuse and the Moselle; general elevation, 1,800 feet.
[112] State of taking no part on either of two sides. Belgium, by treaty, must never take sides in any war that is waged, and the Great Powers guarantee that she shall not be conquered. She can, of course, resist an invader.
[113] Independent Grand Duchy (area 997 sq. m.) between France, Belgium, and Germany. It forms a low plateau, and is drained by the Moselle and its tributary the Sauer. Mining and iron smelting are the chief occupations of the people.
[114] Vōzh. You will see their position on the map. The highest point (4,680 ft.) is at the south end. The western slopes of the mountains are thickly wooded, and the valleys give pasturage to many cattle.
[115] Bāl, largest and richest town of Switzerland, on the north bank of the Rhine, where it sweeps eastward.
[116] Lor-rān´, āl-säs´.
[117] Say.
[118] Born 1856; died 1879. After 1870 he lived with his mother at Chislehurst in Kent, and entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.
[119] Zar´brūk-en, on left bank of Saar, 38 miles east of Metz, in a coal-mining district.