Antwerp is somewhat ill provided with =drives= or country walks. The prettiest of its =public gardens= is the little =Park=, which may be reached from the Avenue des Arts by either of the three main Avenues eastward, adorned respectively with statues of Quentin Matsys, Leys, and Jordaens. The Park is a small but ingeniously laid out triangular area, occupying the site of an old bastion, with a pleasing sheet of ornamental water (originally the moat), crossed by a bridge, and backed up by the twin spires of the modern Church of St. Joseph. Around it lies the chief residential quarter of 19th century Antwerp. This is a cool stroll in the afternoon, for one tired of sight-seeing. (Ask your hotel porter when and where the band plays daily.) Further on in the same direction is the pretty little public garden known as the =Pépinière=, and lying in a pleasant open quarter. (Band here also.) The =Zoological Garden=, just behind the Gare de l’Est, (admission 1 fr.) is well worth a visit if you are making a stay. It is particularly well stocked with birds and animals, and has a rather pretty alpine rock-garden. On Sunday afternoons, a good band plays here from 3 to 6, and all Antwerp goes to listen to it. * * * * * A round of the =Avenues= may best be made in an open tram. The northern portion, leading from the _Entrepôt_ and the _Goods Station_ as far as the Place de la Commune, has few objects of interest. In the Place de la Commune you pass, R., the handsome and ornate _Flemish Theatre_; while, L., the Rue Carnot leads to the Zoological Garden, and to the uninteresting industrial suburb of Borgerhout. Beyond this comes a _Covered Market_, L., and then the Place Teniers, with a statue of Teniers. Here the Avenue de Keyser leads, L., to the main Railway Station (Gare de l’Est). Further on, L., the Avenue Marie-Thérèse, with a statue of Matsys, runs to the Park. So, a little later, do the Avenue Louise-Marie, with a statue of Leys, and the Avenue Marie-Henriette, with a statue of Jordaens. The handsome building, with domed and rounded turrets, on your R., just beyond the last-named Avenue, is the _Banque Nationiale_, intended to contain the public treasure of Belgium in case of war. Here the Chaussée de Malines leads off, S.E., to the uninteresting suburb of Berchem. The heavy new building on the L., a little further S., looking like a French mediæval _château_, is the _Palais de Justice_. From this point the Avenue du Sud runs through an unfinished district, occupying the site of the old _Citadel_ (Alva’s) past the _Museum_ and the _Palais de l’Industrie_, to the desolate Place du Sud, with the _South Railway Station_. You can return by tram along the Quays to the Hôtel-de-Ville and the Cathedral. If you have plenty of time to spare, you may devote a day to THE ROCOCO CHURCHES.