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NETHERLANDS
(ISLAND MARKEN
COPYRIGHT 1892, BY THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
ith.Co.
MY.
JOttmann
OVER
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NETHERLANDS.
A MARITIME KINGDOM ON THE WESTERN BORDER OF EUROPE, BOUNDED
WEST AND NORTH BY THE NORTH SEA, EAST BY PRUSSIA, SOUTH BY
BELGIUM. THE COUNTRY, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, IS LOW, SOME PARTS
BEING 16 FEET BELOW THE SEA LEVEL. IT IS PROTECTED FROM THE EN-
CROACHMENTS OF THE SEA BY A SYSTEM OF DYKES, SOME OF THEM AS HIGH
AS SIXTY FEFT. GARDENING, AGRICULTURE, THE DAIRY AND CATTLE-RAIS-
ING HAVE ATTAINED A HIGH STATE OF PERFECTION. THE INHABITANTS ARE
DUTCH, A BRANCH OF THE GERMANIC RACE, SPEAK THE DUTCH LAN-
GUAGE, WHICH IS ALLIED TO THE PLATT-DEUTSCH OF NORTH-WESTERN
GERMANY AND 18 NEARLY IDENTICAL WITH THE FLEMISH. THEY ARE
SOBER, INTELLIGENT AND INDUSTRIOUS. OUR PHOTO REPRESENTS A
COUPLE FROM THE ISLAND OF MARKEN, A PROVINCE OF NORTH HOLLAND
IN THE ZUYDER ZEE, TEN MILES FROM AMSTERDAM. THE SINGER
COMPANY HAVE OVER TWENTY OFFICES HERE, AND SELL THOUSANDS OF
MACHINES ANNUALLY..
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
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