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296 Route 36. MIDDELBURG. From London
are patronized also by German families (bath 40, beach-chair 6 c.).
The air is softer and the surf not so Strong as at the other bathing-
resorts on the coast.
In 1556 Charles V., and in 1559 Philip IT. embarked at Flushing, never
again to return to the Netherlands. The latter is said to have been ac-
companied thus far by Prince William of Orange, and to haye reproached
him with having caused the failure of his plans. The prince pleaded that
he had acted in accordance with the wishes of the States, to which the
disappointed monarch vehemently replied: ‘Wo los Estados, ma vos. vos!’
— During the Napoleonic wars Flushing was bombarded and taken by the
English fleet under Lord Chatham in 1809, on which occasion upwards ofa
hundred houses, the handsome town-hall, and two churches were destroyed,
This was the sole and useless result of the English expedition to the island
of Walcheren, undertaken by one of the finest British fleets ever equipped,
the object of which was the capture of Antwerp
Opposite Flushing (steamer 5-6 times a day; fares 60 and 40 co
in Flemish Zeeland, on the left bank of the Scheldt, lies the vil-
lage of Breskens (Hétel du Commerce), connected by steam-tram-
ways with Sluis and Westcappelle (p. 23; 41/. hr.), vid Schoondyke
and Draaiburg; and with Eecloo (Ghent, p. 78), vid Schoondyke,
beyond which the Belgian frontier is crossed.
4M. Middelburg. — Hotels. Horer pr Anpy (Pl.
Plein, R. & B. 2-21/;, D. 12/2-13/, 1.; Hover Nrzeuwe Dorie (Pl. a; B,C, 3),
Lange Noordstraat 15. with garden, 40 RB. at 23%, B. 3/4, D. 2 f1., omn.
30c.; GRranp-H6rex (Pl. b; 6, 3), Lange Delft 33, 45 R. at 11/o-2, B. 8/4,
D. 2, omn. 1/2 fl.; Hérrn Byz, Los-Kade 267 (PI. D, 3), 34 R. at 41/4-18/4 f.,
B. 60 c., with restaurant, well spoken of.
Cafe-Restaurant: De Zon, Lange Delft 3, good.
Bookseller: F. B. den Boer, in the Market, corner of the Lange
Delft.
Post Office (Pl. B, 2), Lange Noordstraat 35-36. — Telegraph Office
(Pl. 4; ©, 2), Lange St. Pieter Straat 70-71.
Steamboat to Zierikzee (p. 300); to Rotterdam (p. 302; starting from
the Rouaansche Kaai, Pl. E, 2).
Scottish Presbyterian Church (PI. B, 3), Simpelhuis-Straat; services
at 1030 am. and 6.30 p.m.; Minister, Rev. F. H. Mackay.
Middelburg, the prosperous capital of the Province of Zeeland,
with 19,500 inhab., situated in the centre of the island of Walcheren,
on the canal between Veere and Flushing (constructed in 1867-72),
was renowned in the middle ages for its cloth industry and as an
entrep6t for French wines. It was one of the first places captured
by the “Water Beggars’ (p. 452; 1574). — The rustic inhabitants of
the neighbourhood, in their national costume, are best seen on
market-day (Thurs.; butter-market after 4 p-m.) or during the fair,
which begins on the 4th Thurs. in July and lasts for ten days.
Leaving the station (Pl. D, 4) we cross first the canal of Walcheren
and then the Koningsbrug, and so reach the Lange Delft (Pl. ©, 3)
leading to the market-place. In this street, on the left, is the
picturesque house De Gouden Zon (1635).
___ In the market-place rises the handsome late-Gothic Town Hatt
(P21. B, 3), begun by Ant. Keldermans the Younger. The tower,
which is 180 ft. high, dates from 1507-13, the florid facade, adorned
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