Jardin des Plantes; Situation, History.--Cedar of Lebanon and Palm-trees.--Menagerie.--Cuvier.--Museum of Comparative Anatomy, &c.--Paris owes much to Henry IV., Louis XIV., Napoleon, and Louis Philippe.--Pont Neuf.--St. Bartholomew's Massacre.--Bastile.--Column.
An amusing Fellow-countryman.--Père la Chaise.--Monuments.--Abattoir. --Consul's Office; his numerous Calls.
Cirque.--Amusements.--Champs Elysées.--Hippodrome.--Arabs.--Sabbath kept in Parlor.
Pleasant Company.--Railroad to Brussels.--Jemappes.--Mons.--Brussels; History.--Hotel de Ville.--Cathedral Church of St. Gudule; its Monuments.--First Communion.--Park.--Palace.--Hon. Mr. Bayard.
Lacework.--Money Matters.--An uncivil Banker.--Museum.--Paintings. --Burgundian Library.--Manekin.--Botanical Garden.
Excursion to Waterloo.--Hongomont.--Relics.--Belgian Mound and Lion.--Ivy from Waterloo for Mr. J.P. Hall.--Church.--King Leopold.
Laeken.--Vilvorde.--Mechlin, or Mallnes.--Antwerp; History.--Place Verte.--Statue of Rubens.--Cathedral of Notre Dame.--Interior Pulpit.--Pictures by Rubens.--Tower of the Church.--Quentin Matsys's fine old Houses.
St. James's Church.--Tomb of Rubens.--Paintings by Rubens and Jordaens.--Vandyke.--Mount Calvary.--Monk of La Trappe.--Museum.--Chair of Rubens; his Pictures.--Other great Works of Art.--St. Andrew's Church.--Bourse.--Mr. Vesey, U.S. Consul.
Dock Yards at Antwerp.--Steamboat Passage on the Scheldt.--Dort.--Lost Villages.--Bergen op Zoom.--Van Speyk.--Rotterdam.--Erasmus.--Delft. --Hague.--Hon. George Folsom; his Kindness.--Scheveningen.--Museum. --Japanese Curiosities.--Historical Curiosities.--Gallery of Pictures. --Rembrandt, Paul Potter, Gerard Dow, &c.--King's Palace.--Brimenhoff. --De Witt.--Bosch.--John Adams's House.
Dunes.--Leyden; History.--Harlem.--Church of St. Bavon; Organ.--Coster.--Flower Gardens.--Palace of late King.--Picture Gallery.--Exhibition of Pictures by living Artists.--Amsterdam.
Mr. J.G. Schwartze.--Stadhuis.--Churches.--Jews.--Picture Gallery.--Dutch School.--Columbus before the Council.--Artists' Club.
Utrecht.--Lobith.--Ruhrort.--Meet with Americans on Return from the East.--Cologne; History.--Cathedral.--Three Kings.--Relics.--St. Peter's Church.--Crucifixion of Peter, by Rubens.--Champagne for America.