ddiness came on in my head very badly, and
continued off and on until ten the next morning. I can't account
for it. It may be my stomach, or it may have something to do with
the rocking of the steamer on Friday night. It may be what the
doctors fear, my overtaxed brain, or it may be something else.
Whatever it is, it is very awkward while it lasts. Fifty-seven
souls for the day.

"Monday, _February_ 14, 1910.--Left by the 12:37 p.m. train for
Groningen. Slept a good bit of the way. Arrived about 5:12 p.m.
Reception very remarkable, considering the population is only some
78,000. It was one of the most remarkable greetings I have ever had
in any part of the world. There must have been getting on for a
couple of thousand people in the station itself, who had each paid
five cents for a platform ticket, and outside 5,000 is a low
estimate. Everybody very friendly.

"Entertained by the Governor's wife's sister. The Meeting was as
wonderful as the reception. Immense hall. Could not be less than
1,500 people packed into it on one floor. I talked for an hour and
three-quarters. Colonel Palstra, my translator, did splendidly, the
people listening spellbound; not a soul moved until the last
minute, when three or four went out for some reason or other. It
was a wonderful time. Settled to sleep about 11:30 p.m. not feeling
any worse.

"Tuesday, _February_ 15, 1910.--Had a fair night's sleep. The
strange feelings in the head continue off and on, and the fact that
they don't pass off, in connexion with the entreaties of the Chief,
and those about me, made me consent to give up the Officers'
Council I was proposing to hold at Amsterdam next week, putting on
Lectures on the evenings of the two days which I would otherwise
have used for Councils. I am very loath to do this, from feeling
that the Officers are the great need. So far I have been delighted
with what I have seen of the Officers in the country. We ought to
capture Holland.

"The Governor has sent word to say that he is coming to see me this
afternoon.

"I have had a long sleep, and I hope I shall be better for it. The
Governor has just come in. He appears a very amiable person, very
friendly disposed towards The Army. We had a very nice conversation
about matters in general, and at p