CHAPTER VII.

Occupations at Strytem--Our Fare--The Country round Strytem-- Beauty of the Scenery--Rich Cultivation--The Flemish Farmers--Farming Establishments--Execrable Roads--Drunkenness-- Frog Concerts--Draining the Moat--Result of the Experiment--The Duc de Berri--His Brutality--A Dog-Chase--Disposition of the Troops--Visitors from England--The Duc de Berri again--Artillery at Waterloo--Our Equipment--Our Organisation, 138