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68 which belongs to the head of the Bentinck family in Holland. On the abolition of the ancient constitution of the United Provinces, this gentleman was confined in prison upwards of two years, and his property sequestrated; he is at present at liberty, and his estates have been restored.

The Vyverburg is the next street which claims the attention of a stranger. It is in the form of an oblong square, with spacious walks shaded with trees, and a broad canal, or rather bason of water. The streets of the Hague are paved with a species of light-coloured bricks, which have a gay appearance; and these join so closely together, that no interstices are to be perceived which can harbour dirt. Hence the streets are kept extremely clean; and in the worst weather a person may walk in them with little inconvenience.

I have mentioned the Vyverburg and the Voorhout as the streets in the Hague to which I assign the pre-eminence; but there are many of great elegance I cannot particularise, which fully entitle this magnificent