When  w©  had  crossed  the  border  Ave  saw  that,  from  being
amongst  an  easy-going  people,  we  had  got  among  men  wlio
were  very  smart  and  alert,  and  very  much  up  to  date.  After
leaving  Herbesthal  we  arrived  at  Cologne.  There  everything
was  alert  and  businesslike.  The  men  eni})loyed  on  the  railway
seem  to  be  a  specially  picked  body,  and  are  particularly  neat
in  appearance,  smart  and  courteous.  Whilst  on  our  journey
we  had  passed  numbers  of  Avhat  appeared  to  be  (jerman
|teasai\ts,  Aflio  Avere  on  their  Avay  to  Cologne,  and  thence  to
emigrate.  The  men  were  not  striking  in  appearance,  but  if
possessed  of  the  German  tenacity  of  purpose  they  Avill  doubt-
less make  good  citizens  wherever  they  go.  A  number  of  Poles
emigrate  to  Germany  each  year  for  work  in  the  mines  and  for
unskilled  labour,  and  the  difficulty  Avith  employers  is  that
they  cannot  get  plenty  of  men  in  the  mining  districts.  As
Ave  had  a  short  time  to  spare  before  lunch  at  Cologne  Ave  went
round  the  Cathedral.  It  is  a  most  splendid  building  outside
and  inside,  but  I  think  one  or  tAvo  of  our  English  cathedrals
are   prettier  inside — York   Minster,   for  instance.
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DUSSELDORF.
After  lunch  ;it  tlie  hotel  we  ngaiu  entered  the  train,
and  duly  arrived  at  Dusseldorl.  X\'e  went  to  our  hotel,
liut  as  {]iey  couhl  not  accommodate  the  whole  of  the
party  some  of  us  went  to  tlie  Station  I^estaurant.  As
we  were  somewhat  late  in  comph'ting  our  hotel  arrange-
ments we  had  not  much  time  left  to  get  ahout.  I  accompanied
a  party  who  took  tram  to  the  outskirts  of  the  city.  As  we  got
just  outside,  on  hotli  sides  of  us  the  land  was  under  cultivation,
except  where  a  factory  was  placed,  and  we  passed  a  good  many.
