Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
BROOKS LETTERS.
rL,o.n thu Portland Evening Aivef''sf'I
tf'''" TulNiS IN HOLLAND. A.. u ,sx

Fro" T FL F%55"I Is HOLLAND: 49,. "a ,ss,
, .;. r think Holland must be tie :i'oSl
yes. oi ~. s which with an Englisllmans dchnHon'
a al ,h3t can be said Of il; and were "fl'ns
Cue Enashrncn, could say nothing more. lie wun
derwoTking power of industry here, Is n
,;n No writer can give a vivid idea or What '''" '
ton. to n,,h ont of the water. Think Of rcsculng
al the swamps of the Lake Mississippi from inc 'noaIS
of the waters and Of making 1t all as gaFde"-, i
thy and charming country, fn OF h,t'e ,h;J and
cure houses and bridges and canals, u'rr "n: :m @
800 hcb tho hopts are ever sliding ana you VIII i"'e
faint idea Of what has been done III hos:', J ti.
Nature has done nothing for 1t, nane'cry WHY ~, =;
there is nothing renarkahlc IN SOIL out I'D bor,,
cl;,ate-and with the whole tram OF aches '''" imi
t;sms that cold and damp ever general'ng' ny
thouoht the English the mos, ie"arKHo'e pe' u"
earth for proitting BY their position ana turning es.ty
snot of land TO advantage or TO pleasure out Tue Dt
epo 81 hofore them very far, remembering how title
Nature has done here. Think OF city built as AM,
s,erdam s on piles IN what was ueep S an
pestilential morass, splendid c''y now oi "!IlJ
Inhabitants with canals Corning 30 little islands, con-
nected bv 500 bridres running through the Streets res
sells or boats in all Of then loading and unl"aan ' ne
large warehouses going on, ana al 'est ol'., I
ed with large, lofty and healthy trees lhe aS's '' t
shipping here mingng with the trees, or tcfe running
bv The windows of the houses See then al quito every
house often at every window, single or double ooE'ng
glasses or rehectos, that person IN he r"o SUING
lenoth of the street. the passengers the trees the canal
and the shipping Look into OF these ana you arc
quite convinced that such city is no city, out picture
No view can be more picturesque. Thus the Oulcn H.
dies beautiful women they are. with eeautui complex
ions and 6ne healthy forns pass their leisure hours
with book or with needle work IN their hands, olteh
arranging their fectors at right angles tile rGht angie
pointed toward the window, that directing their EYES
10 that angle they Concealed heinseiVcs) the "ho
street bo,I 10 the right and left. When they are very
p-etty and have seldom such prouson OF D'aa-
ty in the windows Of any city as Leydcn, say LOT eH
pie, the provoking sinners will show you their beauty III
.l.-:-- ealvou M
and you in the street. the door OF your hte oy Il"
ranging their glass rig ht with the winao" anu
then your eyes meet theirs and you see them ios"S
smiling at the recognition they drop the curtain OF III"
away from the window or quickly turn round the glass
Alas for the to sinners, if their sober Dutcn MOUNTS
were 10 catch them in such sport as this, tor le
might ring with strange story, or they msht .,eno
before the frowning mods Of their rebuke bat wlu
~ Girls are the same all over the world and II they 40
not have wings so to be entitled to he caiieu
they cndeayor 10 make up for the loss OF mem III
buoyancy Of spirit, that light, H''u g 80 d,W c,lj
which at times make them seem not OF t''s cu''
earth but of some warmer fairy sphere; lot luxe
it for granted, do not know why that anse p,.,nn
sad sackclo,h Wings with tfuc"ieht, P."' ,,a. or
faces but dance and sing, ana nave ]o}'" ''''' '~
happy because they are ever innocent
Angels last! Rcdectors Amstcrdam-sentimeht' ana
nonsense before! Really admire that tuttdaS ordo OF
this nv own performance which the rhctocians r%oi
sn much so snuely do ! stick "a critic would not use
that wo,d to MY text (nor that proverb either) But
write as nv pen races along with my thoughts quite
ndren. as to the route goeS l evarS as bn al" is 81,
new TO me- and so astonishing to my unpIcpared n,nh'
uhus fresh am in this old world that don't take
step without gathering thought, or having 'eeinS
norer lind before But to return to Rotterdam
The traveller landing at Rotterdam from another coun-
rvis not ONLY reminded by change OF language that hc
is in foreign country but by change OF coin loo
The English shilling half crown, and sovereign, give
place to the form or gMder, ana suvers, ana celles
with an incomprehensibe lot Of little coins the value of
which shall never take the trouble to learn letter
of credit from banker in London soon allied M pocket
with gold and silver, with len guiider pieces Oh g'""'
and Prussian crowns and shutters, and Baden dollars,
and forms and francs and Groschens, &c-so that tho
/ took only fifty pounds sterling home to the hotel
travelled as if with load Of iron IN my pockets reaS'
inc tor the first time in my life all the blessings OF
snece currency, By which man is made horse, with
the impossiby of carrying his money about him: be-
sides the danger Of losing it if he leaves 1t IN ms
Luggage; and thus Of enjoying that very cortorta
BILE sensation, which would undoubtedly have.
when pennyess in u strange country All can say is:
that the ffy pounds not worth carrying, with the
cons,an. impression of peril upon one, proyed 'irfc
was any mode of moving without them Again, yon eH'
change the lone dull dinners Of English hotels, and En-.
eish coffee houses for the lively ne hctc, where all
sit down around board, and you hear see ana Know
who is in the world with you--a knowledge 10 WINCH
YOU will seldom attain. under the exclusive system OF
England Porter and ale give way to the Rhenish wines
Your expenses become less too. Servants expectations
not enormousor You have ceased 70 help TO pay
this national debt of England which every traveller must
contribute TO pay in part who puts his foot English
soil.
In Rotterdam there many things worth seeing,
though it not the most interesting Of the cities of E"l
land II it is the first Of the cities that the traveller
secs the novelty of the sight will make deep impress.
sion on him. no matter how much he may have heard Of
Holland never shall forget with VIVA, strange, staring
attitudes roamcd about bridge and by canal gap.
inc at The new sights and confused by tho strange Dutch
pa6be. But no man 60 through even single city
IN Holland without being impressed with the greatest
respect for the Dutch character As yet have not
a bepqar in Holland do not believe shall see one.
Nothing that said of their neatncss lis exaggerated
They are undoubtedly the neatest people on earth and
the women scrub from morning to night; scrubbing eve
~ thing post pillar floor, door, Streets bEass-yes
every thing that be scrubbed; andhe consequence
is that even the streets neat paor. An Ley
den they permit the dirt to rest in peace between
she crevices of the rocky pavements. Water in the
morning flies about in all directions. II is really unsafe.
them venture in the streets, for little caaracts from
engines prepared to wish the windows, kissing
about you in all directions. Scrub, scrub scrub -
You in the morning. and at noon and night too,
but more particularly in the morning whole battaions
of women, scrubbDg, scrubbing scrubbing. They do
it with the air of people who know how to scrub
They seem to love TO do it. have seen them scrub
where there dirt at ALL Amateur scrubbers they
are, playing with broom young lady plays with
the strings of harp. Is all this well What can
u>n, l.,.L. A. Ia, bo,