164 Route 12. HULST.

(p. 236) to Schaerbeek (Brussels; comp. p. 93). At (8!/2 M.) Wespelaer are
a country-seat and park mentioned by Delille (b. 1738). 121/2 M. Wygmael,
with a starch-factory. The line crosses the Dyle, skirts the Antwerp-
Louvain Canal (made~in 1750), and reaches (15'/2 M.) Louvain (p. 238).

From Marines To Gent, 30 M., railway in 3/4-2 hrs. (fares 5 fr. 50,
3 fr. 70, 2 fr. 20c.). The line crosses the Louvain Canal, then the Senne,
and farther on the new Brussels Canal (p. 143). 2 M. Hombeek; 5 M.
Cappellen -op-den- Bosch; 8 M. Londerzeel-Ouest, the junction of the Ant-
werp and Alost line (p.3). Beyond (41 M.) Malderen we quit Brabant
and enter East Flanders. 12!/2 M. Buggenhout; 131/2 M. Baesrode (p. 87).
18 M. Dendermonde, and thence to (85 M.) Ghent, see R. Ya.

From Matryes to Sr. Nicoras anD TERNEUZEN, 42 M., railway in
21/4-21/o hrs. (fares 5 fr. 15, 3 fr. 70, 2 fr. 55c.). 2M. Hombeek; 6 M. Thisselt;
8 M. Willebroeck, on the canal mentioned at p. 143, the junction of the
Antwerp and Alost line (p. 3); 11 M. Puers (branches to Dendermonde
and to Boom, p. 87); 14M. Bornhem. The train crosses the broad Scheldt,
commanding a view of its picturesque wooded banks. — To the left, on the left
bank, is 46 M.) Tamise(Flem. Temsche; Hotel des Flandres), a manufacturing
town with 13,300 inhabitants. The church contains the tomb of Roeland
Lefebvre and his wife (16th cent.) and a Holy Family by Nic. de Lie-
maeckere. Steam-tramway and local boat to Antwerp, see pp. 167, 204.
— 21 M. St. Nicolas, the junction of the Waesland line for Ghent and
Antwerp (p. 88) and of a branch-line to Dendermonde (p. 87); 25 M.
St. Gilles-Waes (branch-line to Moerbeke, p. 88); 27 M. Clinge, with the
Belgian custom- house. — 291/2 M. Hulst (Hétel de Wapens van Zeeland),
the Dutch frontier-station, possesses an interesting Gothic church of the
13-15th cent. (upper part of tower reconstructed in 1562). The Landhuis
contains a painting by Jordaens, and the Hétel de Ville one by Corn.
de Vos. Steam-tramway to Walsoorden (p. 206). — 35M. Axel (picturesque
costumes); 39 M. Sluyskit, — 42M. Terneuzen (see p. 78).

Beyond (47 M.) Wavre-Ste- Catherine the train crosses the Nethe
(p. 88), a small tidal river. — Before reaching (18 M.) Duffel we
see on the right the old Gothic chateau of Ter- Elst. — 24 M.
Contich (E. Station), on the branch-railway from Antwerp to Turn-
hout (p. 204).

23 M. Hove. —231/, M. Vieux-Dieu (Oude God; p.2) is the junction
for the trains to the S. Station at Antwerp, of the Antwerp, Dender-
monde, & Ghent line (R. 9a), and of a branch-line to Hoboken (p. 3).

We now pass through the outworks around Antwerp. 26 M.
Berchem (see p. 165), for the suburb of that name. — Finally we
traverse a lofty embankment between the new quarters of Antwerp
and (t.) Borgerhout (p. 469) and enter the Central Station of —

27/2 M. Antwerp (see below).

13. Antwerp.

Comp. also the Plan of the Inner Town, p. 171.

Railway Stations. 1. The Central Station or Midden-Statie (Pl. D, 3, 4)
is a handsome iron structure designed by L. de la Censerie, for the main
line to Malines (Brussels, Louvain, etc.) and for the trains to Dender-
monde-Ghent, Hasselt-Maastricht, Roermond-Gladbach, Turnhout-Tilburg,
Rosendaal, Flushing, and Rotterdam. — 2. The South Station or Zuid-Statie
(Pl. A, B, 6), an imposing new building by J. J. van Ysendyck, is used by
the trains of the Antwerp-Alost line (p. 8) and by some express trains to
Brussels. — 3. The Berchem Station (Pl. E, F, 6) is the first stopping-place
for most of the passenger-trains to Brussels. — 4. The Waesland Station
or Statie van het. Land van Waes (Pl. A, 4) for the direct line to Ghent