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TOUR THROUGH
LETTER VIII.
Departure from the Hague. — Description of a treckschuyt. — Custom of smoking in Holland. — Exchange between London and Rotterdam. — Depreciation of the notes of the Bank of England. — Forgeries. — Delft. — Decay of its potteries. — Treatment of the sick and wounded of the British army in 1795 by the burghers of Delft. — Breweries. — Politeness of a French soldier. — Leyden. — Dutch houses. — Streets of Leyden. — Stadthouse. — Pictures. — Vigorous defence of the inhabitants of Leyden against the Spaniards in 1573. — Noble sentiments of a burgomaster. — University of Leyden. — Number of students.
Leyden, November, 1800.
UNDER the impression that we should never visit it again, and delighted with its beauties, we quitted the Hague with feelings of regret. None of the expectations raised
