ENGHIEN. :M7 



Enghien. 



We had no sooner readied the inn, lhan we discovered 

 that the Due d"Aremberg had, with the most considerate 

 politeness, sent to Mr Chatillon, the manager of his 

 Enghien estates, notice of our intended visit. This gen- 

 tleman almost immediately came, and invited us to view the 

 garden and grounds, and to spend the day with him. 



Due ctAi'cmberg's Seat. 



This had evidently been a very splendid place about 

 thirty or forty years ago. But, in the course of the Revo- 

 lution, the Duke having naturally adhered to the ancient 

 regime, the Enghien estate was made free with. On the 

 approach of a large French army to Brussels, the chateau 

 was converted first into barracks, and afterwards into a mi- 

 litary hospital. A still worse fate overtook it ; for, a con- 

 tagious fever having broken out in the hospital, and many 

 soldiers having fallen victims to the malady, the building, 

 instead of being purified by fumigation, was literally burnt 

 down and demolished,— with the exception of a single lofty 

 tower, which still remains, and gives an idea of the size and 

 extent of the original structure. At a short distance a 

 handsome wing has been left entire. This had commu- 

 nicated with the chateau by means of an arcade, and had 

 probably, in former times, contained apartments for the nu- 

 merous domestics and followers of the family. It is now 

 fitted up and elegantly furnished for the temporary accom- 

 modation of the Duke himself, when he visits Enghien. 



We first viewed the garden, which is situate close by the 

 remains of the chateau. It is of great extent, and bears 



