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door opening to it, thus forming a commodious private pier 

 for embarking in the treckschuyts or landing from them. In 

 general, these possessions are of very limited extent; but 

 a Dutch merchant is perfectly satisfied with such a retreat : 



" A river at his garden's end, 

 A terrace-walk, and half a rood 

 Of land, set out to plant a wood." 



Swift. 



In little more than two hours and a half we reached the 

 city of 



Leyden 



At Leyden, we resolved to act on the principle above 

 laid down. Having mustered Dutch enough to inquire of 

 our skipper the name of the best inn near the quay of the 

 Haarlem treckschuyts, he told us, " Den Gouden Angel ;" 

 and he was delighted to learn that this was tolerable Scotch . 

 To the Golden Angel we accordingly went, and we had 

 every reason to be satisfied with our choice. 



Botanic Garden. 



We lost no time in paying a visit to the Botanic Gar- 

 den, rendered celebrated by its connection with the names 

 of Clusius and Boerhaave. The present superintendant 

 is Mr Jacob Engels : we saw him for a short time, but, 

 notwithstanding his English-like name, we found that he 

 had never been in Britain ; and as he scarcely understood 

 French, it was difficult to communicate with him. The ex- 

 tent and general arrangements of the old garden have often 

 been described, and it seems unnecessary to enlarge on them 

 here. It is subdivided by hedges in the formal style ; and 



