, 1874-08-15
hcola,ry Which May Fairly 10 Called
Tho Child Of Switzerland,
How It Was Reclaimed from
the Ocean.
Tho System Of Dykes, bitches, 0a-
nails, and Wind-Mills.
Twe Thousand Rillfon Dollars Already
Spout in Protection Against
Water.
Tho New Direct Ship-Canal from Am.
sterdam to Tie Ocean.
Projected Drainage Of 1000
Square Miles Of tho
Zuider Zee.
The Annual Dutter-and. Cheese Export
Valued at $30,oo0,o00.
The City Of Amstordam.-.Its Appear
ance and Wealth.
VIII Holland Be Gobblod Up by Bis
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Projected Drainage Of 1000
Square Miles of tho
Zuider Zee.
Tho Annual Dutter-and. Cheese Export
Valued at $30,000,00o.
The City Of Amstcrdam.--Its Appear-
ance and Wealth,
Will Holland Be Gobblod Up bv Bis
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Spsefas Correspondence OF Tbs CHICAGO Tribune.
AMSTERDAM, Holland, July 10, 1874.
IN travelling through Tho universal meadow
ahu which constitutes that small part OF th
map Of Europe called Holland, tho touria
would never suspect that the quiet, phlegmasi
people whom he secs arc the descendants Of me,
"hoao dootls Of bravery and endurance hav,
mover been surpassed In the annals Of tho hunal
race Ihey seem iuonensivo enough to DO
NOTWITHSTANDING QuAKEng
Ihoy Converse together in harsh uumugicat out
turals; their voices arc dropped to a doop bass
their fnces exprcss no emotions; Mother smilet
nor frowns pass over thoir countenances in con.
rersation. They arc seriously polite, but mol
churiish or boorish. aa is ofton assorted
but their. politencss would bo mort
accurately described as civility. Aud
Whilo thcir manners, 80 unlike the
profuse affubility Of tho French, arc cold aud
distant, 1t ia not BY reason Of disiainfui avorso,
Tor Foreigners, auch aB TINT felt by the spaniards
nor OF haughty insolence. like that exhibited BY
tAo English, but proceeds from constitutional
cas'aos which arc the natural product of thols
1eutonlc origin, dalnpened aud ohilled By the
iaW Aumd climate, and amphibioua mode Of
lire.' '~'o -
ullt lot any cnomy menaco their religious or
Po!ltlcal hbettteB, or IN unuHual lgA tide
tlrcason thoir dykes, and tlis sluggish. paasion.
loss people become
SUDDENLY ACTIVE AND y1oonous.
Iorpor gives place to vigilance, aud passtyity to
animated action. Tho Dutchman il then
wis'e-awalo and lively tortoise, and tho foo that
meots him finds hiB n1atch,
1t III Known to all persons who road, aud to
most Of thoso who don't, TINT Holland was once
c1a;,,,aa ~, .,' 'ao ocea''' ana aftor"ards ra-
~ ~ sno .uou1'ly' perseverance, and skill
III, ,aao ~ ..a s'o.' at' some tn'nes connected
s,,o,,t z,';s,. wv e''bea VI poF'oas OF existence
n,;.ts 49, maA.a ~" "ofns may nos oe 1nappro-
H. sa.,.,4.s s" ouo" snat tno creator part OF
~oatar,, '-.'e sa.'ea Ho1ts"o' sno the north
.s,,a,,n,1 ~. Lawns ~ " !'o's'un' "e1e originally
5..o.;o.I NV n1'a's'o oceRn. IL may he
T,,t. ~ o"uno Fatne1 tnan aea.
-, NV tu'e souna' or shallo~ water, poured tue
Ahno snd other rivers, cnrring down with
-ssna .1a rnna-vhic,, =. .aas@sa. ~ aeu'aoas
.,,t,.t. ,..4. IT, "4s0 saos "4oppoo III 1ueas
, oa,'ola 'u'o sno a'oreaala sound. Tho winda.
ana "aVea, and curToutB Of the sea spread theso
slloal water which gradually f1lled nm, and In
tho nrocrsa of timo boo,n,o ,.,at ~. ~. auI, ~
rovaro, .i.,, 49, DooA4a' - 'o"' n@'' n'arsnes'
st,.;aa WALL aesefas ond osher saltwater veg
e1anoa'
THE GREAT RIVED RHINE
takes ita rieo in tho monntaina ~ a.,.,
land and droi,a ~. 49, ~, ~. o"4o]o.. aaa
oo,,,.o ,,i,o, ..s.< Ao' ,o07 'nan 1a'ooo
,sarzs ~ .!'s 'aeleol ~ anu, IN passing to-
rough, mountainous country, as do ita princina1
branches, tho Main and nroso,lo and =. at,a ,as
tt,e narn,1cl bnt am,I,or nran 49, ~ H,aou uueo
A., e,,''...,.,' a, 4"'ot "saa loF atouso). !
oo1ot ~, ah HA'e1oF VINO traces tue course of
1t hnB made on tho bill and mountaiu-sit1ea NJ |
to country thronrl, which Il forco. H.. ,r.v ,.sa
n,n,titu3o NJ oror1n,,,, ~on;,,aa ~" "as' tue
ND valleys which IL has e.asyatoa gussua saaGns "n
thrown the materials thereof into I
tie sea, account for tho 11l,,no m
Of 2e,000 souare milcs of aho,,ov o,o.n
1,,,o av;es ,,o1,o..,na ,.,a "aAo" ocehp.
1t'o o".ea ."ouu'at'" "no7o 1alns aha meltod
sH o"a tumble IN torrents towards tho channel OF
tl.o Rhine, have boon gcraped and tprn hv oro-
cierB, and lowered in height, and reduced in
sl*s, BY tho aoton Of wator and lee. The eyo
nliieB Of rock have been worn away, and carried
OF In tho form Of bowldors gravel, aa,,tl. and
Badinent, aud rolled or loated into tue Holland
soa., The wators Of the Rhine arc nevor clear
those OF tho Missouri and noyor 1T to drink, On
account OF tho alluvial matter with which thsy
lrc charged. Tho Rhno is deop, rspid-run,
ming streu,p. the auuarent sjzo nnt1 w;dth nf I'm
Uho at relative DISTANCES between its source and
pullelf but, In tho courge Of yoar it djschareoa
tAs moro water than tho Ohio. rs i nayer Rms
10 low; nor does it riae suddenly 90 . Iirh.
but continues to flow throurhout tho yoar WITH 4
ltrong, powerful currout. lad by Tia mating
mo nj If tho Ana III summon. "a by rainp at
sthur seasong. In tho eoursc Of 4 vaar Il con-
tcy. iuto tho eca an enormous nnantity ar aedi-
ntont,- million OF cubic wards III amount Hoi-
land il, tlorefore, constructed Of the narinrs
Ind scrapugs Of tAe up-courtry. Il NAV fsirly
DO called
TIE nn,rn op ,w7rzrn1,.sn
According to Tia lavish ;nsniraa mvt,,o,orv
}yo waa m.de out of a II tahen fron, ~ ~ ~ ao y
Adnn while be vas in dam aeen: md ~ sccord.