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, 1892); articles in _Notes and Queries_ (April 21, 1900; Feb. 24, 1906), and the publications of the Caxton Club, Chicago, notably _William Caxton_, by E. Gordon Duff (1905). See also _Census of Caxtons_, by Seymour de Ricci, No. xv. of the illustrated monographs of the Bibliographical Society, 1909. Many of Caxton's translations are available in modern reprints; the _Golden Legend_, the _Recuyell_ and _Godeffroy of Boloyne_, were printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press in 1892-1893; the _Boke of Curtesye_ (1868), the _Lyf of Charles the Crete_ (1880), Alain Chartier's _Curial_ (1888), _Foure Sonnes of Aymon_ (1884), _Eneydos_ (1890), _Blanchardyn and Eglantine_ (1890), and others, by the Early English Text Society. For modern editions of _Reynart_ see REYNARD THE FOX. No authentic portrait of Caxton is known, but a MS. at Magdalene College, Cambridge, of the last six books of the _Metamorphoses of Ovid_, translated by Caxton, is probably in his handwriting. CAYENNE, a seaport and the capital of French Guiana, on the N.W. extremity of the island of Cayenne, and near the mouth of the river of that name, in 4 deg. 56' 28" N., and 52 deg. 20' 36" W. Pop. about 12,600. The town forms an almost perfect square, and has clean and well-macadamized streets. The houses, mostly of two storeys, are of wood, strengthened on the first and ground floors by brickwork. In the old town, which contains the government-house and Jesuits' College, the streets are not so regularly and well built as in the new. The Place d'Armes, a fine quadrangular space, lies between them. To the right of the governor's house is Mount Ceperon, on which stand Fort St Michel, the marine barracks, the signal station and the lighthouse. Here, too, are the capacious reservoirs for the water-supply of the town, the source of which is a lake to the south of the island. The harbour is shallow at its entrance, and craft drawing more than 14 ft. are obliged to anchor 6 m. from the town. There is no dock for the repair of vessels; but there are two quays at the town. The principal exports of Cayenne are gold, cocoa, phosphates, hides, woods and spices. The imports are French wines, spirits and liqueurs; silk and cotton stuffs, tobacco, hardware, glass, earthenware, clothing, preserved meat, fish, and vegetables, maize, flour, hay, bran, oils and cattle. There is a regular mail service between Cayenne and Martinique once a mon
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