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It was about six o’clock. A lovely even-ing succeeded to the torrents of rain whichhad fallen, and our easy mode of travellingwas delightful. These canal boats are esta-blished upon a regular tarif throughout allthe United Provinces , and are drawn byhorses at the rate of about three miles anhour. Each of them contains two apart-ments, the sternmost called the roof\ inwhich the price of a place is somewhatmore than in the other part. As far as thetwilight would permit us to distinguish ob-jects, the country around, though flat,seemed fertile and luxuriant, interspersedwith villas, and small groves. We hadtravelled in this manner about six miles,when a carriage driving along the bank ofthe canal, overtook us near Delft ; and weagreed with the man to convey us direct toRotterdam . I regretted much that thelateness of the evening prevented our seeingmore of Delft . In passing through thetown, it appeared very beautiful and ofconsiderable extent. About eleven o’clockwe reached Rotterdam , and driving to theMareschal Turenne found the house full;