to Amsterdam. WOERDEN. 52. Route.

a corporation-piece by Ferd. Bol, and a fine enamelled and silver-
gilt *Chalice and paten, presented to the ‘shooters’ guild’ of Gouda
by the Countess Jacqueline of Bavaria about 1425. — The adjacent
Orphanage contains a good regent-piece by J. Versyl.

A monument in the Plantsoen, to the S.E. of the town, com-
memorates the brothers Cornelis and Frederik Houtman. The for-
mer (murdered in Atcheen in 4599) led the first commercial ex-
pedition to the Dutch Indies, in 1595-96; the latter (d. 1627) was
the author of the first Malay dictionary.

Gouda connected by steam-tramways with (50 min.) Bodegraven

314), 2 ith Oudewater (p. 433; 1 br., 6-9 times daily). — Steamboat
i hr. to Boskoop (Klaassen; Van der Stam), with
rhododendrons, azalias, clematis, etc.), well

e are in bloom. — Steamboats also to
soop), and to Leyden (also vid Boskoop;

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(fares 1 fl. 45, 1 fl. 15, 75 c.). Stations Zevenhui Moer-
kapell ermeer- Zegwaard, Voorburg (p.340), and The Hague (p. 315).
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20 M. Oudewater, on the Yssel, with several old houses of the
46-17th cent., is connected with its station by atramway. A picture
in the Stadhuis by Dirck Stoop commemorates the brutal excesses

 

committed here by the Spaniards in 1575.

24 M. Woerden (Dubbele Sleutel, R. & B. 11/5, D. 4 fr. 40 c.),
vith 6000 inhab., situated on the ‘Old Rhine’, was captured and
cruelly treated by the army of Louis XIV. under Marshal Luxem-
bourg in 4672 (an event described by Voltaire). In 1813 it was
occupied by the Dutch, but taken by the French under General
Molitor and again plundered. At the entrance of the town is the
dilapidated Chateau of the Lords of Woerden, now used as a ware-
house. The Fortifications have been demolished, and their site
converted into public promenades, which afford a fine view of the
town and its environs. The former town-hall (1504 and 4614) is a
quaint and picturesque little building, with an old pillory in front
of it; the carved panelling of the council-chamber dates from 1610.
— From Woerden to Leyden, see pp. 344, 345.

At (251/y M.) Harmelen the Utrecht and Amsterdam lines diverge
from each other. Near Harmelen is the chateau of Jer Haar (13-
{Ath cent.), rebuilt since 1893 by P. J. H. Cuypers for Baron de
Zuylen de Nyevelt. — 33 M. Utrecht, see p. 437.

At (331/ M.) Breukelen the Amsterdam line joins the direct line
from Utrecht to (441/y M.) Amsterdum (see R. Bia).

  

 

53. From Liége to Utrecht.

120 M. Rainway in 5!/4-61/2 hrs.
Litge, see p. 245. The train starts from the Station des Guille-
mins, and calls also at the station of (3 M.) Vivegnis (comp. p. 245).
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