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CANEA, or KHANIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 182 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CANEA, or KHANIA , the See also:principal seaport and since 1841 the See also:capital of See also:Crete, finely situated on the See also:northern See also:coast of the See also:island, about 25 M. from its western extremity, on the See also:isthmus of the Akrotiri See also:peninsula, which lies between the See also:Bay of Canea and the Bay of Suda (See also:latitude 35° 31' N., See also:longitude 240 1' E.). Surrounded by a massive Venetian See also:wall, it forms a closely built, irregular and overcrowded See also:town, though of See also:late years a few of its streets have been widened. The See also:ordinary houses are of See also:wood; but the more important buildings are of more solid materials. The See also:Turks have a number of mosques; there are See also:Greek churches and a Jewish See also:synagogue; an old Venetian structure serves as a military See also:hospital; and the See also:prison is of substantial construction. The town is now the principal seat of See also:government; the seat of a Greek See also:bishop, who is See also:suffragan to the See also:metropolitan at See also:Candia, and the See also:official See also:residence of the See also:European consuls. The See also:harbour, formed by an See also:ancient transverse See also:mole nearly 1200 ft. See also:long,, and protected by a lighthouse and a fort, would admit vessels of considerable See also:tonnage; but it has been allowed to silt up until it shoals off from 24 ft. to to or even 8, so that large vessels have to See also:anchor about 4 or 5 M. out. The principal articles of See also:trade are oil and See also:soap, and there is a See also:pretty extensive manufacture of See also:leather. The See also:fosse is laid out in See also:vegetable gardens; public gardens have been constructed outside the walls; and artesian See also:wells have been bored by the government. To the See also:east of the town a large Arab See also:village had grown up, inhabited for the most See also:part by natives of See also:Egypt and See also:Cyrenaica, who acted as boatmen, porters and servants, but since the fall of the See also:Turkish government most of these have quitted the island; while about a mile off on the rising ground is the village of Khalepa, where the consuls and merchants reside. The See also:population of the town is estimated at 20,000. Canea probably occupies the site of the ancient Cydonia, a See also:city of very See also:early See also:foundation and no small importance. During the Venetian See also:rule it was one of the strongest cities in the island, but it See also:fell into the hands of the Turks in 1646, several years before the See also:capture of Candia.

, In 1856 it suffered from an See also:

earthquake. The neighbouring See also:plain is famous for its fruitfulness, and the See also:quince is said to derive its name Cydonia from the town. (See also CRETE.) See also:CANE-See also:FENCING (the Fr. canne), the See also:art of defending oneself with a walking-stick. It may be considered to be single-stick fencing without a guard for the See also:hand, with the important difference that in cane-fencing the thrust is as important as the cut, and thus See also:canoe approaches nearer to sabre-See also:play. The cuts are practically identical with those of the single-stick (q.v.), but they are generally given after one or more rapid preliminary flourishes (moulinets, circles) which the lightness of the stick facilitates, and which serve to perplex and disconcert an assailant. The thrusts are similar to those in See also:foil-play, but are often carried out with both hands grasping the stick, giving greater force and enabling it to be used at very See also:close quarters. The canes used in See also:French fencing See also:schools are made of several kinds of tough wood and are about 3 ft. long, tapering towards the point. As very severe blows are exchanged, masks, gloves, padded vests and shin-See also:guards, similar to those used in See also:football, are worn. See Georges d'Amoric, French Method of the See also:Noble Art of Self-See also:Defence (See also:London, 1898) ; J. See also:Charlemont, L'Art de la Boxe frangaise et de la Canne (See also:Paris, 1899).

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