CHAPTER II.

The boompies: Bayle: prerogatives of genius: Spanish inscriptions: a Dutch dinner: Dutch beggars: a good bargain: anecdotes of some members of the Batavian executive body: anecdotes of the passion of the Dutch for traffic: anecdote of Lord Nelson and the Dey of Tunis: hereditary dresses: the Exchange of Rotterdam; anecdotes of the English there: several anecdotes of the King and Queen of Holland: public opinion of them: duty of a Tourist 13