From thence he was drawn onwards to Cologne,

A city which presents to the inspector

Eleven thousand maiden heads of bone.

The greatest number flesh hath ever known.[551]

LXIII.

From thence to Holland's Hague and Helvoetsluys,

That water-land of Dutchmen and of ditches,

Where juniper expresses its best juice,

The poor man's sparkling substitute for riches.

Senates and sages have condemned its use—