Lys, or LEYE, a tributary of the Scheldt, rises in France near the little town of Lysbourg, in the department of Pas-de-Calais, and flows in a north-eastern direction, joining the Scheldt at Ghent in Belgium after a course of 130 miles.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 758
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