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Rotterdam.
Haarlem.
are genersily -narrow?,, <-•a<n4ufhe .Cansls; i; feculent. T h e , laou/qS ; » have
thh common air o£\neatnefsIpeculiar to thoCe,fef the-Dutch. rhe^èhiçf;
■edlfieefeare the? ftatelhoufe^&jlrrfed pn'^ks'at an immeBfe fRpièöCP ïï
=Ae;*!esèclö|ige,:«yn i$te.r but feme ftreets » along t-hç^ehief
rimais clifplay houfes, o f uniform grandeur. Some agreeable walks
occur injjthe interlpr <pf the city .; but; the environs, are- chiefly vifited' bewater
i,yeHt> the S? there is an agreeable road tOjOuderkirk through
pleafant gardens and, grpyes.3 ,
Leyden- is efteempd the next -city in population,, containing „^Out
50,0'pp ; fouls.,gg It is the Lugdu(num Batavoryyn of antiquity, • and is
dif%guiÇhett by its univerfityv, Here the-ancientv^injej^^o^expifgs^
ip.a number of fmall channels,-which are pafled by fo-,many bridges,
thatthemnn^feit Has hgen. computed at more thaggggç- jbundfiüd.^
meadows .and gardens around, Leyden are ' remarkably gro8uâtY^,»;aB'd
■there is a daily intercourfe, by panais, with, the-othei; $^ife£.«ti?Sïaad
prpvinqef. j The fair is ftill much frequented; but the uniVerfijiy „has
declined under fome commercial regulations, fbr'gth&i Dutcft -always
with to oblige Étrangers tp leave as much money behind-. them'Jas
poffible.*
Next in population is Rotterdam, of .about 48,90a people.,; * Th,ere
is a noble quay, with houfes as handfome as any, in the fquaxes^Qf -
London ; and the great length o f the ftreets is phata^fiiftlo of; Dutch
cities, and éven :
pavement is only diftingniflied by a -clean line of bricks.5 In the
market placé Hands the well-known ftatue j o f Eaafmus- The canals,
terraces, and draw-bridges are, engaging abjeâs
real elegance, and the Dutch idea o f beauty is what we ftylenpretdinefs.
Yet where this prettinefs leads to extrême neatnefs, it is preferable to
fqualid grace.
Haarlem is computed to contain 40,000 fouls ; and, like Leyden,
is fortified by old .brick walls, the modem plan o f earthen barriers, in
which the cannon balls fink innoxious, .-being little known till towards
the middle of the feventeenth century. The great church is efteetned 3
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A e largerft in-tee v^rovmce■ o f ; Holland; 5.. b # the' celebrated- organ is
, xaore remarkable for power than fWefethefs.; The houfe o f Lawrence
' » P p > whom,the Dutch fondly affect to have, been the.inventor o f the
-grand’art o f printing, ftands near the, church; but-impartial enquirers
have decided the qneftion .in. favomrrofi Mental 4
■ i The Hague, is only, .efteemed a- village, though thfe inhabitants .be
.computed at 36,009.: The court, or palace, contains feveral chambers
allotted to the different branches...of government,, befidfes. the apartments
©itheLStadtholdei. Tfteteates general met in; a; room which contained
'twenty-fix; chairs, for the ufual numberof the members',^ The cabinet
b£>natural hiftory has been carried to- France;; and pxobabfy the moft
4 «^lbhs bonks -and piastres;. It isp »flirted: that the Hague| contains
■ mpe ma-gnifihefrt ihqufes* .than /(betas: in- the; like ofpace in any city o f
ndrthefmEdrQpe.- On thie-N^ o f the town isaopsWeigtrem;, with, alleys
b fcbak ■ andi'befeehy. leefdfeig. fo> the Maifom’-dtP -B^isi-a 'palac'e -df the
§tedtheldefJ; but the pk&fantcft rOad'-is -that to1 Scheyeeirtg}.-® village
on thte fhore-twcv miles'to the N; Wi through fm k :tows o f lofty elms.
■ Phe' Hague- isM diftinguifhed--by its ^pleafast- fittfadbk, and tranquil
grandeur. '
^ MiMi^Burg in Zealand? is fuppoffed to* contain inhabitants;
and it-Has a;laFge-t€iwn houfe,;-'d^ferated- wiTh.the-Hatties'!pfth<f ancient'
eafls-and'counteflfey of Holland. It wa«fnpbo.fiI^ tbejfeaf JojE^he proi.
vi’hcial ftates, but alfo of tee Gourteil of Flanders,''.pfiefipn^pyfer part of
ihat-chuntfy acquired by thfe,Dutch. Utrecht, Delft;- DortY and Gro.*
nirigen-, are feppofed each to eontain about;’2'o-,c©o; inhabitants} and.-
among the inferior eififes may.bevnamed Maeftrieht, the mofkfoutHfem
of the Dutch pofTeffioBS, .fitnated bn-ftlie river Maefe>.or. Meufe-
Britifh miles hk .W. qf'jAken, ’or ‘Aixd^ fcliagene^ and Jc^edri^ the '
Dutch, after repeated-nohtefts, by the peacijbf N^feapri.‘ 16A:'
the vicinity are vaft ftone quarries fupported * by Aom^rpus. pillars,
which might fhelter thoufands from the’’,hbfnorS of y?ar.
To enumerate thfe/cah^ o f the Dni'fed Proyi&'es?tjVohld Immfinite,
for they eqmd the roads in other countries.; and the advantage mull be
•the motif perceived during the interruption o f maritime "commerce, by
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