of Antwerp. HOOGSTRAETEN. 13. Route. 205 The village of Brasschaet (HGétel St. Antoine; steam-tramway, p. 16/), I e N.E. of Antwerp, was for many years the seat of a famous : park of Count Reusens , to which admission is cour- a visit. Ne haet is the Polygone de $ r’ an artillery-range, which may be visited only by permission a the minister of war. — At the steam-tramway station of Schooten (p. 167) is Sc chootenhof, @ colony of villas About 2 : ntwerp and about 10M. from Turnhout O4 OMS (75 ft.), a village with 2600 ersoise, or moor! land district round ‘ch of St. Catharine, an interesting utiful stained glass of 1520-50; er fae b of Count Lalaing-Hoogstraeten (d. 1540) , and his wife; a Netherlandish painting of ca. 1440, egend of St. Joseph; and a modern enamelled Wilmotte of Old embroideries and tapestries in the The Hétel de Ville, dating from the end of the 46th cent., is a ructure in the Ren ance style. The old Chdteau, now lies on the brook alittle to the N. of the village. — plain bri a poor-hou c To the S.E. of Hoogstraeten (diligence in 11/4 hr.) is the workmen’s colony of Merxplas, shown only by order of the manager of the above-mentioned poor-house. — Steam- pines to (12 M.) Rysbergen (p. 167). From Antwerp to Alost, see p. 3. 14, From Antwerp to Rotterdam (Amsterdam). a. Railway Tee s 9 fr. 90, 7 fr. 50, 4 fr. 40 c. (in the - 10 c.). The ‘Swiss Express’, a Bale and Amsterdam, runs in summer only. The 62 M. Rarnway in 2-31/, hr opposite direction 4 fl. 70, 3 ‘train de Juxe’ between trains start from th entral Station. Railway aos at Rotterdam, see ». 800. — To £ (comp. R. ess in 31/2-A4l/> hrs. ordinary train in 61/2 h } 0, 12 AOFM etre 60 c. (in the opposite T. Another through-train runs from Rosen- id Utrecht to Amsterdam; same time direction 7 fl daal via B and far Antwerp, see p. 164. The train traverses the suburb of Borger- hout, passes the station Anvers-Dam, near the docks, and intersects the fortifications. At (71/. M.) Eeckeren and (40 M.) Cappellen are numerous yillas of well-to-do Antwerp merchants. ‘A bout 31/5 M. to the N.W., just beyond the Dutch frontier, lies the village of Putten, in the churchyard of which is the old tombstone of Jacob Jordaens (d. 1678), the painter, ve was denied a grave within the territory of Antwerp owing to his having been a Protestant. — 151/ M. Calmpthout. — We traverse the monotonous Campine An- versoise, — 201/, M. Esschen (buffet), with the Belgian custom-house. 26 M. Rosendaal, the seat of the Dutch custom-house, and junction for the Breda and Flushing line (R. 36b), see p. 300. — Thence to (62 M.) Rotterdam, see p. 300. , 5 fl. 75, 3. 60 c.). *S Hertogenbosch, above. b. Steamboat Journey. Stzampoar (‘Telegraaf’) daily, except Mon., in 9-15 hrs. (fares 2 fl., 1 fl. 2 starting at 7 a.m. from the Quai St, Michel (shed 47a), beside the Waesland Station (Pl. A, 4, 5), at Antwerp, and from the E. extremity of the Noordereiland (Pl. G, A) at Rotterdam. The steame rs, though intended