The little towns for bells.

Near the church is the New Market, with the very charming old weigh-house with little extinguisher spires called the St.Anthonysveeg.Here the fish market is held; and the fish market of a city like Amsterdam should certainly be visited.

The Old Market is on the western side of the Dam, under the western church.

"It is said," remarks the author of _Through Noord-Holland_, "that Rembrandt has been buried in this church, though his grave has never been found." Napoleon's sarcasm upon the English--that they were a nation of shopkeepers--never seemed to me very shrewd: but in Holland one realises that if any nation is to be thus signally stigmatised it is not the English.

As a matter of fact we are very indifferent shopkeepers.