Eccloo--Arrival at Ghent--Our Quarters there--My Host--My Quarters--Louis XVIII. and his Court--French Officers--Marshal Marmont--French Deserters--Ghent--Street Architecture--The Place D’Armes--Flemish Postilions--View from the Citadel--The Corn-Market--The Hôtel de Ville--Meat and Vegetable Markets--General Order and Cleanliness--A Suppressed Monastery--The Cathedral--A Royal Mass--Domestic Architecture--An Interior--Comfortable Quarters--Numbers of Priests--Costumes--Character of the People--Immorality--German and English Cavalry, 46 CHAPTER V. Again on the March--The Pays de Waes--Lokeren--A Village Curé--Dendermonde--My Quarters at St Gille--View from my Windows--Kindness of the Natives--A Flemish Farmhouse-- Fertility of the Land--At Dinner--Our Host--Attachment to Napoleon--Peace and War--Flemish Teams--Cattle and Sheep--Dendermonde, 78 CHAPTER VI. Excursion to Alost--Aspect of the Place--We Lose our Way--Again on the Move--Parting with my Hostess--A Last Breakfast--On the March--Change of Scenery--Views from the Hills--Beauty of the Country--Arrival at Strytem--The Château--Our Quarters there--Comfortless Prospect--Family Portraits--Choosing our Quarters--A Private Chapel--Increasing Comfort--Our Mess-Room--Karl--His History--His Acquirements--An Interruption--The Maire and his Following--A Garde-Champêtre--A Scene--M. L’Adjoint’s Speech--Our Answer to it--I am peremptory--The Deputation in a Fright--The Mayor in Safe Keeping--Petit Jean--A Sleepless Night, 100 CHAPTER VII. Occupations at Strytem--Our Fare--The Country round Strytem-- Beauty of the Scenery--Rich Cultivation--The Flemish Farmers--Farming Establishments--Execrable Roads--Drunkenness-- Frog Concerts--Draining the Moat--Result of the Experiment--The Duc de Berri--His Brutality--A Dog-Chase--Disposition of the Troops--Visitors from England--The Duc de Berri again--Artillery at Waterloo--Our Equipment--Our Organisation, 138 CHAPTER VIII. My Difficulties--Plundering--The Duke and the Rocket Troop-- Ride to Ninove--Ninove--The great Monastery--A ruined Convent--Liederkerke--Aspect of the Country--A Character--The Lord of Gaesbeke--The Château de Gaesbeke--My Reception--The Marquis D’Acornati--Interior of the Château: its desolate Aspect--The Kitchen--The Grounds: their Beauty--Variety of Views--History of the Château--Career of its Owner--His Singularities--His Mode of Life--Visits to the Grounds, 163 CHAPTER IX. Visit to Hal--Return to Strytem--Start for Brussels--First View of Brussels--Its Internal Aspect--The Park--The Ramparts--The Hôtel de Ville--The Cathedral--The Bruxellaises--The Allée-Verte--Prince D’Aremberg--A Mistake--Anticipations of the Campaign, 194 CHAPTER X.