CHAPTER XVIII.

The Dutch theatre: theatrical traffic: the rondell: singular village of Brock: Saardam: cottage of Peter the Great: climate, divisions, and population of Holland: journey to Zeyst: Dutch fond of coffee: small farms: picture of a Dutch peasant’s nest: effects of industry: palace of Soestdyke: pyramid raised in honour of Bonaparte: society of Herrenhuthers; their house and internal arrangements described 193