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64 had recommendations to persons every way qualified to shew its beauties, that I abridged the stay I intended to make in Rotterdam some days, and passed through Delft, scarcely bestowing an hour on its curiosities.

From Delft to the Hague the road is magnificently grand. Notwithstanding the advanced period of the season, and the recent storm, the prospects and road are extremely delightful. It is of a sufficient breadth to admit four or five carriages abreast, shaded on both sides by lofty rows of trees, kept in excellent repair, and so level that not the least inequality of ground is to be perceived. The country, though the fact is otherwise, appears, from the manner in which the trees are planted, to be excellently stocked with wood; and the summer-retreats of the opulent, which are thickly scattered over the country, diversify the scene. On one side of the road flows the clear and tranquil canal, on which boats of business or pleasure continually pass and repass, giving an inconceivable interest to