. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . fresh strength at the outset. Sea an- is proverbial for its braeing powers,and there is no air so bracing as tliat which sweeps across the Northern may be as well to note that there are two routes to the Continent throughthe Great Eastern Railway,—one by way of Rotterdam, the boats of whichstart every evening, Sundays excepted; the other by way of Antwerp, theboats for whicli start four times a week. The steamers are among the swiftest,most comfortable, and commodious of an
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . fresh strength at the outset. Sea an- is proverbial for its braeing powers,and there is no air so bracing as tliat which sweeps across the Northern may be as well to note that there are two routes to the Continent throughthe Great Eastern Railway,—one by way of Rotterdam, the boats of whichstart every evening, Sundays excepted; the other by way of Antwerp, theboats for whicli start four times a week. The steamers are among the swiftest,most comfortable, and commodious of any running between England and theContinent. From time to time new vessels are added to the Companysfleet, each being an improvement on its predecessors. It is advisable in allcases that intending tourists should obtain a Continental Time Table ofthe Great Eastern Railway, price one penny, as it affords information as to. ROTTERDAM. routes, times of starting, prices, duration of tickets, &c., &c., which mayprove of great importance in the course of a journey. The direct route byway of Rotterdam is for Holland, Germany, and the Rhine, Austria,Switzerland, and Italy; while the direct route by way of Antwerp is forBrussels, Cologne, and the Rhine, France, Switzerland, &c. By theHarwich route Cologne is reached, via Rotterdam, in the afternoon of theday after leaving London. Passengers, via Antwerp, arrive in Brussels beforenoon the day after leaving London, and Switzerland the following entry into the river Maas, some eighteen or twenty miles below Rotter-dam, is not specially inviting, though far away up to the left may be seenScheveningen, the fashionable watering-place of Holland, which is throngedduring the season by visitors from the Hague. As the boat sweeps up theriver, there may be noted a long breakwater, formed for the purpose ofhindering the sand from accumulating at its
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