WINTER TRANSPORTATION IN VOLI.e;nDAM 



Although their wooden shoes are not very well fitted for wading snow, Holland has its 

 share of snowfall. The picture illustrates the rustic baby carriage, with sled runners instead 

 of wheels ; for most households have children in Holland, and Dutch children must have a 

 good time when the snow flies. 



law prohibiting- the use of dogs for tow- 

 ing- boats in that part of the State. Since 

 then the law has become general. 



DOGS MUST WORK 



While canines have been freed from 

 this work, their existence in Holland falls 

 far short of being a life of idleness, for 

 they are commonly seen hitched up in 

 teams. Ofttimes their running mate is a 

 woman, and together they draw a cart 

 (a load in itself) filled to its limit with 

 vegetables or milk cans. After the de- 

 livery of the produce the driver feels no 

 hesitancy in himself occupying the place 

 of the load, while he drives his team 

 home. 



The ride from Amsterdam to Vollen- 

 dam fills an hour and a half full to over- 

 flowing with interesting suburban scenes 

 and glimpses of country life, as one 

 speeds along in the comfortable steam 

 tram-car. Now and then a great sail 

 looms up on the flat horizon and we im- 

 agine we are approaching the coast, but 

 on nearing the locality a scow appears to 



be moving over the grassy meadows. We 

 wonder if the farmer, not satisfied with 

 having all of his grinding and machine 

 work performed by the forces of nature, 

 can have harnessed the wind to his wagon 

 to convey his produce to market. Soon 

 our car passes the narrow waterway on 

 which this craft is gliding, and we find 

 that if we substitute a boat for the wagon 

 our conjecture is correct. 



CANALS BETTER THAN ROADS 



This little canal stands for Holland's 

 solution of the good-roads problem, and 

 it certainly possesses some advantages 

 over our highways, such as durability, 

 absence of dust and noise, as well as the 

 saving in expense of sweeping and 

 sprinkling. Of course, automobiles are 

 out of the question; but the staid, prac- 

 tical Dutchman cares little for that, since 

 if the speed of his scow is too slow a 

 motor-boat will be entirely satisfactory 

 and very much safer than an automobile. 



In this land where waterways are the 

 common thoroughfare and no coping or 



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