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a man of great musical genius, and amongstother pieces performed the overture to Lodo-iska with admirable effect, introducing animitation of thunder, which appeared tomake the very foundations of the churchtremble. After listening with rapturousdelight to this extraordinary instrument formore than an hour, and until the poororganist was quite exhausted by the neces-sary exertions, we took our leave, regret-ting that probably it was the last time weshould ever be so gratified.

After dinner we set out, still keeping ourcourse along the canal in a schuyt, forAmsterdam , where we arrived at 10 o’clockin the evening, and took up our quartersat the Hotel called Le Petit Doule. Thebustle and the crowded streets of this townput us in mind of our own metropolis.Here are collected the natives of everyquarter of the globe. All sects of religionhere find an asylum. The Jews , to theamount of about 30,000, inhabit one quarterof the town, which they have exclusivelyto themselves. The Portuguese syna-

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