CHAPTER V.

Again on the March--The Pays de Waes--Lokeren--A Village Curé--Dendermonde--My Quarters at St Gille--View from my Windows--Kindness of the Natives--A Flemish Farmhouse-- Fertility of the Land--At Dinner--Our Host--Attachment to Napoleon--Peace and War--Flemish Teams--Cattle and Sheep--Dendermonde, 78