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Title: Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland ..
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Packard, J. F
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Voyages around the world
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo., W. S. Bryan (etc., etc.)
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SIR WALTER SCOTT. General Grant and his companions reached Brussels,the capital of Belgium, at about six oclock in the eveningof the 6th of July, and at once proceeded to the BellevueHotel. No official reception was given them, as the Gen-eral desired to travel for a time incognito. Shortly after his arrival, however, an aide-de-camp ofKing Leopold visited the General, bearing from his royalmaster an invitation to dinner, and placed at the disposalof his visitor his aides and carriage of state. In the evening following his arrival, General Grantdined with Mr. Sandford, ex-Minister of the UnitedStates. Several Belgian functionaries occupied seats atthe table. On the following day the ex-President and his suitevisited the Hotel de Ville, where the Burgomaster did thehonors of the Communal Palace. The General perusedwith much interest the details of the telegraph and watersupply. On the 8th, General Grant was visited by King Leo-pold, which being entirely out of the usual course, is con-
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A CASTLE IN GERMANY. AROUND THE WORLD. 97 sidered as being a great honor. Later in the day, Generaland Mrs. Grant paid a visit to the King and Queen. Agala dinner was given at the palace in the evening, andquite a distinguished company sat down to table. Allthe high officials of the State and the foreign Ministerswere present. King Leopold took Mrs. Grant to dinner,and the ex-President had the honor of escorting theQueen. On the following morning all the foreign ministers inBrussels called upon the General. Throughout his stayin the Belgian capital, he was treated with the greatestdistinction. At half-past nine oclock, General Grant and his partyleft Brussels for Cologne. The Kings aid-de-camp andmembers of the American Legation accompanied them tothe railway station. After an agreeable journey, the travelers reachedColo-jne, where they were cordially received at the railwaystation by the American Consul, Vice-Consul and the Presi-dent of the Police. All the civil and military Governo

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