THE KOLK, RO r ITERDAM.

THE annexed view of Rotterdam, taken from the quayof the Kolk, a small harbour near the centre of the city,gives a characteristic specimen of the better class of Dutchcities. The combination of houses and trees, canals andshipping, with the massy tower of the old Cathedral of St.Lawrence, rising in the back ground, forms a highly pic-turesque scene. Perhaps, of all the cities of Holland,Rotterdam is the most striking. Lofty handsome houses,shaded by rows of well grown trees, border its broad canals ;and the forest of masts of the small craft and shipping whichcrowd the whole of its quays, give evidence of its commercialimportance, and the extent of its inland navigation.