at unequal distances. in ongelyke afstanden. in ungleicher entfernung. Many of them, having been left behind, Verscheide zyndeagter af gebleeven, Viele von ihnen, die zurück geblieben waren, drove furiously along the streets, reede met drift door de straaten, fuhren wüthend durch die strassen, and so closed this public spectacle, en zoo sloot dit algemeen spectakel, und so endigte sich dieses œffentliche schauspiel, upon which enormous sums were lavished to show, voor het welke groote somme weggeworpe waaren omde, auf welches grosse summen sind verschwendet worden, zu zeigen, the nation’s love of valour, and its want of taste. natsie haar liefde voor moed, & gebrek aan smaak te tonen. der nation’s liebe für tapferkeit, & ihren mangel an geschmack. CHAPTER VI. DEXTERITY OF BOATMEN ... OVERCHIE ... DUTCH GINGERBREAD ... A FRENCH SAYING ... DELFT CHINA ... DELFT ... DUTCHMAN’S REMARK ON THE WAR ... NEW CHURCH ... ANECDOTE OF GROTIUS ... AFFECTIONATE STRATAGEM ... GROTIUS’S REMARKS ON EDUCATION ... BARNEVELDT ... NOBLE FEMALE ANECDOTE ... THE CARILLONS ... CARILLONEURS ... DUTCH FRUGALITY TOWARDS THE DEAD ... REVOLUTIONARY MODERATION ... FIRMNESS OF MANUFACTURERS. My companions continued smoking, and enjoying the delightful novelty of our aquatic conveyance and the surrounding scenery. We met several boats, and the dexterity by which the line was slackened by one boat, to permit the other, which kept its towing mast standing, to pass over the cord, according to the custom which governs this sort of rencontre on the canal, was admirable, as also was the ease and skill with which the skipper who has the care of the line throws it up on one side, and catches it on the other of a bridge under which the boat is obliged to pass. At Overchie, a village about three miles, or one hour from Rotterdam, the houses are close to the water, and little children were playing on its very margin without exciting any apprehension. In this town the prospect of a late dinner induced me to taste its gingerbread, for which Holland is very justly celebrated. Before every cottage, brass kettles and pans just cleaned were placed upon stools in the open air, or were polishing under the hands of their indefatigable owners; and even certain utensils shone with such resplendent brightness in the sun, that the well-known saying which the French whimsically apply to the grave and thoughtful, Il est sérieux comme un pot de chambre, would lose the fidelity of its resemblance here.