have, on the whole, little cause for congratulation; as the accommodation in the-inns at Nymegen, is not good, and the charges are high. It sometimes happens that the steam-boat does not reach Nymegen until the gates are shut; in which case the pas. sengers are compelled to pass the night on board.

Nimegen being a frontier town and a fortress, passports are demanded from strangers as they quit the steamer, and must be visé here. The traveller who intends to proceed, either by land or water, early in the morning, should take special care to have his passport visé, and returned into his own keeping, over night.

A diligence sets out every day for Cologne, after the steamer from Rotterdam has arrived; so that passengers who do not wish to stop here for the night, may proceed without delay, by way of Cleves and Crefeld on the left of the Rhine, a journey of about 18 hours, and a distance of about 88 miles. See Route XXXV.

The voyage from Nimegen to Cologne by water, about 125 miles, is described in Route XXXIV.

THE LEK BRANCH FROM ROTTERDAM TO ARNHEIM.

The steamer takes this course only once or twice a week; and the water in the Lek is often so low as to preclude the passage of a steamer altogether. r. Lekker Kerk. r. Krimpen.

r. SCHOONHOVEN, about 20 miles above Rotterdam, is famous for its salmon fisheries. One Albert Beiling, during the wars of the Hoekschen and Kabiljauschen, defended the castle of Schoonhoven against the forces of Jacqueline of Bavaria. Being at length, however, compelled to surrender, he was condemned by his enemies to be buried alive. He heard his sentence unmoved, and asked for no mitigation of it; but he begged a respite of one month, to enable him to take leave of his wife and children at

Gouda. At the expiration of the time he reappeared to suffer his doom with all the fortitude of the Roman Regulus.

7. Nieuwport, about a mile from Schoonhoven.

r. VREESWYK. Here carriages are in readiness to convey passengers, for 70 cents, to Utrecht, in time to meet the diligence going to Amsterdam.

1. VIANEN is said to be the Fanum Dianæ of Ptolemy.

Between Vianen and Kuilenbourg there are sluices in the banks of the river designed solely for laying the country under water in case of a foreign invasion. If they were opened, the inundation would at once spread as far south as the Waal, as far as Dort to the west, and to the Noort in an opposite direction. A military inundation of this kind is a mode of defence peculiar to Holland. It effectually cuts off the means of approach from an army either by land or water; it covers both roads and canals, leaving an enemy in ignorance of their direction and course; and, while it is deep enough to check the march of troops or cannon, it is so interrupted by shallows and dykes as to render its navigation by boats equally impracticable.

7. KUILENBOURG. Inns: Rose, Vergulde Hooft. A town of 3000 inhabitants, formerly a place of refuge for debtors.

r. WYK by DUURSTEDE, supposed to be the Batavodurum of the Romans. The branch of the Rhine, which alone retains that name to the sea, here separates from the Lek, and flows past Utrecht and Leyden to Catwyk, where it is now discharged into the ocean by means of sluice-gates, instead of losing itself in the sand, as was previously the case.-] -Route II.

r. Eek and Wiel, near Amerongen. Amerongen itself is situated at a little distance from the river.

of the Rhine, which above this spot flows in one undivided stream.

The voyage to Cologne is described in Route XXXIV.

2. line 19. for "Zeeausche "read "Zeeuwsche."

2. line 29. for "2 stivers" read "5 stivers." 4. line 5, and 26. for "rium " read "rúim." 18. line 9. from bottom, for " Fuur Tassje" read "Vuur Stoof." 20. Other Hotels at Rotterdam: Zwynshoofd, Erasmus Market; St. Lucas; Stevy Straat, Oud Scheppershuis, Spaansche Rade. 20, 21, 22. for Boompes" read "Boompjes." 23. col. 1. line 11. for "Moole " read

"Molen."

30. col. 1. line 18. from bottom, for "Sassern Lesse "read "Sassem, Lisse."

30. col. 2. The Plaats Royal and Goude Sonne are said to be now the best Inns at Leyden.

33. col. 1. The collection of Etruscan bronzes in the Museum of Antiquities is the largest on this side of the Alps. There are besides a number of colossal Indian statues, and other interesting objects. The agricultural collection at Leyden is both extensive and good.

34. col. 1. line 22. for "right" read "left." 37. col. 2. line 16. These pictures of Frans Hals ought to be seen by those who would fully appreciate his merits as a painter his works are little known in England.

39. col. 2. last line, for "1787 " read "1795.". 40. Other Inns at Amsterdam: the Doelen

on the Gainalenmarkt is also a first-rate Inn; the next in succession are, the Hotel des Pays Bas, Doelenstraat; at Mr. Guinand's, the Rondeel, Doelenstraat.

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41. col. 1. line 29. for "9 feet" read "3 or 4 feet." The Amstel canal has 9 feet water. 62. col. 1. Other Inns at Nymegen: Place Royal is said now to be the best, and the next best the Koetswagen at Holtemans. 67. Route X.

There is a more direct road from Rotterdam to Gouda, avoiding Woerden, by Haartdrecht and Monfoort. The hire of a carriage with 2 horses for the journey should not exceed 18 guilders,

68, Route XI. UTRECHT to ARNHEIM.

The route here given is neither the most direct, nor so pleasant as that by Zeist, Driebergen, Doorn. *

3 Amerongen, Rheenen, Grebbe, Wageningen, (described in pp. 61, 62.) and Renkom, where good accommodation may be found at the Inn called de Bok (the Goat.)

3 Arnheim. Though Arnheim itself has not many lions to detain the traveller, its neighbourhood abounds in villas, parks, and gardens; one of the finest being that of the Baron de Hackeren, called Sonsbeeck. Further on, at a distance of about 4 miles, near the village of Velp, are several fine country seats, called Billioe, Beekhuisen, Rozendaal, Middachten Reederoord, &c., to the gardens of which the public are allowed admittance. This part of Guelderland may, indeed, be termed" the Dutch Paradise;" but its chief attractions, besides those which it derives from art, are, the abundance and purity of its flowing streams, and the beauty of the trees Page 69. col. 1. line 4. from bottom, for "Westeroord " read " Ysseloord."