_To leave Ostend, for the second day's itinerary (Ostend-Zeebrugge-Bruges) take Rue de la Chapelle (continuation of Rue de Flandre) in front of the Hôtel-de-Ville (See, p. 60.)_ _Second Day_ =Ostend Zeebrugge Bruges= [Illustration: _Itinerary for the Second Day._] _Leave Ostend by Rue de la Chapelle, which passes in front of the Hôtel-de-Ville (pp. 60 and 66) and leads to Place Vanderzweep. In this square, at the end opposite the Bassin du Commerce, take Avenue de Smet de Naeyer, which leads to the =Parc Marie-Henriette=._ Situated south of the town, between the two railways ending at each of the two stations, is Marie-Henriette Park, which owing to its great size, numerous winding alleys, clusters of trees, and artificial lakes with pleasure boats, was often deservedly called the "Bois de Boulogne". The long Avenue de la Reine connects it directly with the Western Dike; on the other hand, it borders on the new maritime installations. _Cross the two bridges over the lateral canal, then the railway and maritime lock; take the first street on the left, which passes over the Ghent-Ostend canal and the sluice-gates. Take Chaussée du Phare, on the left, then the first street on the left, opposite Rue Mansveld, to the =Oyster-Beds=._ [Illustration: +Ostend. The Monumental Bridge. Exit for Zeebrugge.+] [Illustration: +Panorama of Ostend seen from the old lighthouse.+] Ostend oysters, of world-wide repute among gourmets, are not natives of these shores. Gathered from the rocks on the English and Brittany coasts by the Ostend fishing-boats, they are fattened by a special process in the Ostend oyster-beds. The latter, situated in the lighthouse quarter communicate with the outer-harbour. They consist of reservoirs divided into compartments with planks, in which the sea-water, renewed every day, deposes its slimy sediment. During the War, the oyster-beds were closed. _Taking Chaussée du Phare again on the left (see plan, p. 60), the tourist reaches the site on which_ the lighthouse used to stand, now a heap of ruins. Built in 1859, its round tower, 175 feet high, showed a fixed white light. Behind is the old Napoleon Fort. Facing the lighthouse, at the end of the sluice dock, stands the Powder Magazine, a kind of fort where the Germans had two batteries. _Tourists may go round the powder magazine by following the dike which is terminated by the Eastern Wooden Pier._ It was at the end of the latter that the British sank the "Vindictive" on May 11, 1918. The Blocking of Ostend Port. On April 21, the British Admiralty undertook to block up the ports of Ostend and Zeebrugge. [Illustration: +British Cruisers "Sirius" and "Brilliant" sunk to the east of the wooden pier at Ostend, April 22, 1918.+] Under the command of Commodore Hubert Lynes, the flotilla left Dover at the same time as the one which was to block up Zeebrugge.