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its second meeting comes from the " natural-bom traveler," who, the club 

 unanimously votes, is the very one, and the only one, of its members to 

 get them and their belongings ashore in good shape. She describes just 

 what must be done and soon has her group on the train for Bruges. 



The club has a number of strong desires. It wishes (i) to take a short 

 trip; (2) to make a jotuney that will be a preparation for other journeys; 



(3) to see the art of medieval times before that of more modern days; 



(4) to go directly to a thoroughly foreign and old town. For such reasons 

 it has chosen to travel first in Belgium, afterward in Holland, to become 

 acquainted with Antwerp later on, and to stay chiefly in Bruges, Ghent, 

 Brussels, Antwerp, while in Belgium; in Delft, The Hague, Leyden, Haarlem, 



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Fig. 58. — On the dunes 



Amsterdam, while in Holland. It will make excursions into the country 

 as time and opportunity offer. It seeks Bruges first because that Venice 

 of the North, retaining more medieval splendor than any other part of 

 northern Europe, charms the visitor with quiet waterways and ancient 

 houses, and because it " stands at the very base of the art of the Low 

 Countries." 



SUCCEEDING MEETINGS 



The club will give two or three evenings to Belgium and an equal amount 

 of time to Holland. Each member will learn and will tell the story of a 

 town. Allen's " The European tour " (Chapter VIII) and his " Historical 

 guide to the cities of Belgium " will convoy the club satisfactorily over 

 the first part of its way. As for Holland, plenty of information may be 

 gleaned from such works as " Dutch life in town and country " by Hough; 



