The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-07
4 DT Tell LANDSCAPE.
SOME or THE STRIKING FEATURES
OF THE COUNTRY ~ HOLLAND.

Broad Meadow. Numerous Canals and
windmiII>-A Landscape that Never
Lauchs-ouc Universal CIoud-t Sense
of ChiIlinc>~ Everywhere.
\ Dutch Landscape pry-ents a certainly not
undressing uniformity. The eye takes III at
on e a broad expan~c. The view Is bounded
b, trees that are only III rows or small groves
but seem to become forest Is the c!Si>'hcS
increases. The most striking feature i the
broad meadows. literally covered with cattle,
such as are seen in the pictures q native
artists. These fields, when the ground Is near
tho level Of the water, are divided INTO
1aralleIocrams separated by small canals or
bitches covered with aquatic vegetation
Communications between parts OF the same
propertv Is maintained 10y lew bridges,
scarcely rising above tie 81 neral surface
Here and there are farmhoUS-~ on the DRINK
of n canal or among the fields. usually en-
circIed by a garden and few trees. and per-
haps the ground slightly RAISED or "vIIssst"
by low dixie.
The farmhouse resemble III 4 general way
those of Belgium. with their steep roofs COW
cred with tiles and their small windows.
They are not - TRINITY KEEP, and the scatter
in.- villages are tiut 80 meat NoW ami tlci''1
church may hr noticed standing alone ON
ground raised fusr cor tive feet above the
plain, surrounded hy wall. IFS spirc risln-;
from n mass Of ts,!a-. There are here and
there vilia.-,-, stretched fora mile ~ more III
SINGLE file on either side canal. which serves
as the only street. WmImJii~ are visible on
every hand, each supported by a tower $"
low that when tho arms revolve they ~,fiI
almost to to;.yL ;ue ground
TIE MnNuToSaUs LANDSCAPES
over the~,. ,..aaotonuu- Landscapes there
bends a SKY. not Italian, "et deeply. dal s.ly-
beautifully blue. not even at thl- favored sea
son hut nf that white cerUlr:u tint which
seems ever - remind you that the winter IS
/ close at hand But tn clouds are often soft
| nercv and comforting. and the light which
| Eatbrs the meadows has nothing Of the desert
Glare. nothing opthaiinc in lis tullne~S, hut Is
! rest and healing Ia tn" weary eyes Of the
/ Traveller
! The Dutch landscape never laughs. nor doss
| IL even smile, though III midsummer II some
| times assumes an AIR of quiet Cohtch,meht,
| such a micn of suggested sunshine - an
| old burgher of Amsterdam might wear after
nm uucommonly humorizinS dinner. Take,
| for instance. one of these almost wndic~S Au-
! .r1lst afternoons IAN exceptional one, the cat
| lie peacefully grazing in a thousand fields,
! here a boat pushing its way through the green
! scum of a narrow canal, there two or three
| sailing vessels sliding slowly along broader
| waterway. most of the winssnlls movc!esS, or
| one here and there lnlui'iltlE S"ti-ii'-' ~
great arms. Il railroad tram ON the horizon
making lust noise enough To re' CT the silence
| audible. and the light falling over ali from q
| partially covered Sky - universally dIituSed
hv fice,.y cumuli that You can see nowhere
| either sharp outlines or Opaque shadows
If You passed through Holland on one ol
| these afternoons, which You might easily do
for its area is even les than that Of Belgium
| the impression Gained would be plcasurable
and plcasurahla only. But If You lmger foi
| n few DAYS YOU VIII see the mists creep NJ
along the canals and over the fields. the cUinul
changed into nackerel-hack, and then int
one universal cloud that comes down anC
unites with the fog. bottinS out the land
while You are left uncertain, by change
temperature, whether it is not aut m today
and will not indeed be winter tomorrow