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Afterward Mr. Brackenbury repeated to them in French the substance ofwhat Ihad said. Sun. 20. I expected to have preached in the English church, as I did before ; but some of the Elders were unwilling: So I attended there as ahearer; and I heard as miserable a sermon as most I have heard in my life. It might have been preached either amongJews, Turks, or Heathens, without offending them at all. In the afternoon I expounded to acompany ofserious Christians, our Lord's account of building ourhouse upon a rock. Jonathan Ferguson interpreted sentence by sentence ; andGod applied it to the hearts of the hearers. Mon. 21. I spent an hour with great satisfaction at Mr. Noltanu's country-house. Such a couple as him and his wife, I never saw since I left London ; and both their children appeared Aug. 1786.1 347 to be worthy of their parents, both as to person, understanding, and temper. Tues. 22.-I spent great part ofthe day at Mr. Vankennel's country-house, having agreed with him to give me a private room to write in, before and after dinner. At ten, a very sensi- ble Clergyman came in, with whom I conversed very largely, as he talked elegant Latin, and exceeding fluently, beyond any I have lately seen on the Continent. Having seen all the friends I proposed to see, on Thursday, 24, I took my leave of this loving people, and the pleasant city ofAmsterdam, very probably for ever ; and, setting out at seven inthe morning, between two and three in the afternoon came to Utrecht. Mr. Vanrocy, the gentlemanwho had engaged me to lodge, sent acoach to wait for me at my landing; and receivedme with the courtesy and cordiality of an old Yorkshire Methodist. Fri.25-. I kept close to my work all the day. I dined at Mr. Loten's, where was such variety of food as I never saw at any Nobleman's table, either in England or Ireland. In the after- noon we took a view of a widow lady's gardens, in the suburbs ofUtrecht. I believe, from the house to the end of the grand vista is about a mile. I think the gardens are not half as broad ; but such exquisite beauty and symmetry I never saw before . In grandeur it is not to be named with a few places in England ;