wn school. Afterwards examined Casler's
monument and the church; heard the organ, and proceeded to
Amsterdam.

_Feb. 27th--Amsterdam._--Had some talk with the Government
Inspector of Schools. Visited a school, taught by a Roman Catholic,
in which there were 950 children in one room, all quiet, and all
attentive. There were four masters and twelve assistants. They have
prayers four times a day.

_Feby. 28th._--Went to Saundau. Reflections on Peter the Great.
Visited the palace, its paintings and museum. Took supper with the
Rev. Mr. Jameson, Episcopal clergyman.

_March 1st--Belgium._--Proceeded to Utrecht, thence to Antwerp.

_March 2nd--Sunday._--Went to the cathedral; paintings by Rubens;
earnestness and oratory of the preacher. Went to St. Pauls; the
streets very quiet.

_March 3rd._--Visited the Jesuit's church, and three schools;
phonic and Lancasterian method of learning. Visited the museum, the
city, the view from the tower of the cathedral, statues of Rubens,
of the Virgin and Saviour. Proceeded to Brussels; visited three
schools; courteously received; arrangements good. Visited the Hotel
de Ville; Gobelin tapestry; history of Clovis; abdication of
Charles V. Paintings. Reflections.

_March 4th._--Spent three hours in examining the field of Waterloo.
Went to Nivelles and visited the Normal School for south Belgium;
all the arrangements perfect. Returned to Brussels.

_March 3rd._--Left Brussels for Ghent; met a commissioner at the
railway station, and visited the Government Model School; the views
of the intelligent master were very excellent. Called on a Doctor
to whom I had a letter of introduction. He explained the school
system of Belgium with great clearness. Visited the prison, the
celebrated establishment that excited the admiration of Howard, and
after the model of which several prisons in England and America
have been built. There were about twelve hundred
prisoners--arrangements wonderful, discipline apparently
perfect--kept by twenty-eight men. Visited a poorhouse, a
benevolent establishment to assist poor old people; about three
hundred inmates; grateful feelings, sympathy. Visited the
celebrated convent, containing about eight hundred nuns, who come
and remain voluntarily; none, it is said, have ever left