A

TOUR

THROUGH

BELGIUM, HOLLAND,

ALONG

THE RHINE,

AND THROUGH

THE NORTH OF FRANCE,

IN THE SUMMER OF 1816.

IN WHICH IS GIVEN AN ACCOUNT

OF THE CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL POLITY, AND

OF THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION

OF THE

kingdom of the Netherlands ;

WITH REMARKS ON

THE FINE ARTS, COMMERCE, AND MANUFACTURES.

BY JAMES MITCHELL, M.A.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1496611-710

CONTENTS.

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LETTER I.

Departure from Ramsgate.-Wandering Voyage to
Ostend.-West Cappel in Walcheren. - Dunkirk.
Land at Ostend. English, French, and Flemish
usually spoken. -Church crowded between five and
six in the Morning.- Images. Pictures.-Appear-
ance of the Town. - Fortifications. Paved Road
-Rows of Trees. Party from the Grand

to Bruges.

Kermess.

Bruges

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city of Newspapers. - Indifference to Politics. -

Manner of spending the Sunday.

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Shooting with

the Cross Bow. Prizes. Procession. - English
Expense of living. Wages of Trades-
Splendid Churches. - Grand Tower.-
Great Basin. Canals, Lace Manu-

Families.

men, &c.

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Pictures.

facture