—Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patterns of bright gold! There’s not the smallest orb, which thou behold’st, But in its motion like an angel sings. _Merchant of Venice_, Act I. Sc. 1. In this wood are several genteel country-houses, many of which were formerly occupied by those who belonged to the Orange court. The inn here is much frequented, the accommodations of which are good, by the people of Amsterdam, who frequently make parties to it; and it is the great resort of those married couples fresh from the altar, until the honey-moon is in her wane. In the morning about five o’clock we set off for Zeyst, or Ziest, and passed through a large tract of champagne country, interspersed with short brushwood, the dull monotony of which was at last relieved by a vast pyramid, erected by the French troops who were encamped in the immense open space in which it stands, amounting to 30,000 men, under the command of Gen. Marmont. On the four sides are the following inscriptions: INSCRIPTION ON THE GRAND FRONT. “This pyramid was raised to the august Emperor of the French, Napoleon the First, by the troops encamped in the plain of Zeyst, being a part of the French and Batavian array, commanded by the Commander in Chief, Marmont.” INSCRIPTION ON THE SECOND FRONT. _Battles gained by the Emperor._ “The battles of Montenotte, de Dego, and Millesimo, of Mondovi, the passage of the Po, the battle of Lodi, the engagement of Berguetto, the passage of the Mincio, the battles of Lonato, of Castiglione, of the Brenta, of St Georges, of Arcola, of la Favourite, of Chebreis, of Sediman, of Montabor, of _Aboukir_, of Marengo. Wherever he fought he was victorious. Through him the empire of France was enlarged by one third. He filled the world with his glory.” INSCRIPTION ON THE THIRD FRONT. “He terminated the civil war; he destroyed all cabals, and caused a wise liberty to succeed to anarchy; he re-established religious worship, he restored the public credit, he enriched the public treasury, he repaired the roads and constructed new ones, he made harbours and canals, he caused the arts and sciences to prosper, he ameliorated the condition of the soldiers, the general peace was his work.” ON THE FOURTH FRONT.