UO HORTICULTURAL 'TOUR. 



Bontmcks, though celebrated in former times, are now in a 

 Delected and even ruinous condition. 



Scheveling. 



Jug- 27. — Early this morning we inquired our way 

 to the Banicre, and walked towards the fishing village 

 of Scheveling, by a grand avenue lined with trees, of 

 which all Dutchmen are justly proud. The length of this 

 avenue is nearly a mile and a half; and it is so straight and 

 so level, that the village church very soon appeared at the 

 termination of the vista next the sea. The tallest and fin- 

 est trees are Dutch elm, abele, oak, and beech. Many 

 of these are of great size, and have probably seen more 

 than two centuries *. Sycamore, hornbeam, birch, and 

 different species of willow, are occasionally interspersed. 

 There are properly three roads in this noble avenue : a 

 central one for carriages ; one for horsemen ; and another 

 for foot-passengers. The breadth of the plantation, on 

 each side, is on an average about seventy feet. In some 

 places, the old trees appear to have been cut down ; but 

 their places are now supplied by others. Almost all the 

 new-planted trees are white poplars, which are of rapid 

 growth. 



We breakfasted in the Hqffvan Holland inn, the win- 

 dows of which look out upon the ocean. In addition to 

 the usual repast of coffee and rolls, a countryman of our 

 own, whom we chanced here to meet, had shrimps served 

 to breakfast, which had been shewn to him all alive a few 

 minutes before : by our desire, we had tong-vischen or soles, 

 fresh from the sea. While at breakfast, we observed, that 



• Li I-ong, indeed, puts this beyond doubt; for, writing in 1630, he de 

 scribes this avenue as being then " adorned with fine trees." Kabinct van 

 Outliuflen, flcfe publisher! in 1732. 



