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that it will cost over one hundred and thirty-one million 

 dollars, and that it will redeem seven hundred and fifty 

 square miles from the sea. To the actual cost of construc- 

 tion there must be added damages which must necessarily 

 affect some people, particularly the fishermen, who now ob- 

 tain their living from the sea which it is proposed thus to 

 drain. If this scheme shall be carried out, it will be the 

 most gigantic work of its kind that has ever been attained. 



[Views were shown of the curious milk cans and the 

 placing of them in dog carts, taking a portion of the milk to 

 a local market ; and of a maid who had perhaps been en- 

 ffaged in the milkino- and who was goino; with her dog and 

 cart, with measure in hand, to market the product. Views 

 were used showing the sea-l)each, both as a fashionable re- 

 sort in summer time and as a landing-place for the fishing 

 boats from the North Sea. Views were shown of the fish 

 women, showing their curious attire and their laborious 

 way of carrying fish in baskets, either upon their backs or 

 on their heads. There were also views illustrative of the 

 farmers' wives and their daughters ; and it was claimed that 

 these were the women of high respectability, and often of 

 enviable position in the society of Holland. Photographs of 

 the present young queen and her mother also appeared upon 

 the screen. Photographs of the noted works of some of the 

 famous Dutch artists who have illustrated the scenes which 

 they witnessed upon the streets and in the homes of the earlier 

 people were shown by the stereopticon. While these were 

 appearing upon the screen, with portraits of the people of 

 olden type who were the early conquerors, the speaker re- 

 marked upon their love for home and their families, upon 

 their quiet and often phlegmatic temperament, while at the 

 same time they were highly industrious, coolly courageous, 

 and especially distinguished by their indomitable persever- 

 ance.] 



The ability which the Hollanders have shown not only to 

 subdue the adverse forces of nature but even to so control 

 them as to turn them to their own advantage in their strug- 

 gle with their human enemies, was impressively exhibited at 

 the time of the noted siege of Ley den. During a long and 

 disastrous warfare, waged against them by the Spanish army 



