"But many of them are very like English words. A dike is a dijk."
"Steamboats are stoombooten," said Paul; "and a street is a straat. What are canals?"
"Grachten; the drawbridge is ophaalbruggen."
"Whew!" whistled Paul.
"But you can observe something like open-bridge in the sound. You see that the spiegels are very common here."
"I see they are; but I haven't the least idea what they are."
"The little mirrors placed outside the windows."
"I saw plenty of them in Antwerp."
"They are not as common there as in Holland, where they are to be seen attached to almost every house. By this contrivance a Dutch dame can see every person that passes in the street, without raising the blinds. But I think the hour is nearly up, and we must return to the steamer," said Mr. Fluxion.
The party went on board, and the steamer returned to Rotterdam by a different route from that by which she had come. The next day was Sunday. After the second service on board the ship, Mr. Fluxion, having occasion to go on shore, invited Paul to accompany him.