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NEMIGUE.

half were deprecating the vengeance ofheaven by a solemn fast. Every thing ap-pears gloomy and sad. The town is by nomeans small; and situated on the banks ofthe Rhine it may have been a place of con-siderable consequence, but the fortifica-tions are now in ruins, and undefended bycannon. In the evening we walked out ofthe town towards Nemigue , where w r e sawthe ineffectual obstructions which theFrench had thrown up to oppose the pas-sage of the river, which is here crossed bya bridge of boats. The house in which welodged had been the scene of much blood-shed a short time before, some French officers having been there murdered by theenraged populace. The walls and doorswere every-where marked by the balls, andin many places were stained with blood.

We gladly quitted this melancholy place,and the next morning proceeded to Nemi-gue to breakfast, a distance of three leagues.As we drew near this place the countrybecame interesting, but the road betweenthe Rhine and the Waal is wretchedly