DOI Heft:
No. 51 (June 1897)
DOI Artikel:Horton, George: South Holland as a sketching ground
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18389#0041
South Holland as a Sketching Ground
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ON THE SANDS, SCHEVENTNGEN FROM A PENCIL SKETCH BY G. HORTON
farther side of the river.
And there is the I ferwich
packet-boat coming slowly
up, very thankful to reach
safe waters after a wildish
time in the North Sea. A
coasting-brig has evidently
had a Still more troublous
time, for her main-top-mast
is damaged, and her rigging
is full of men, who crawl
about and reef, and splice,
and mend. All these
things may be seen in the
waterway, for Rotterdam
has commercial relations
with America, with the West
Indies, with Spain, Portu-
gal, Germany, France, and ^ '"ft* ^vum***^**
with the " adjacent island
of Great Britain" as the
minister of the Hebridean
kirk described it in his con-
descending prayers for its welfare. outlived their pristine glory and are now more or
A delightful trip, and one that can be undertaken less given over to Sunday afternoon promenaders,
comfortably and inexpensively, is that by boat from who come out in their hundreds from the low-lying
Rotterdam down the river Maas to Dordrecht. town in search of the breezes to be enjoyed upon
The journey occupies no more than an hour and a the elevated counterscarp and glacis. Dordrecht
half, and in that short time subjects sufficient to is intersected, like most Dutch towns, by numbers
fill half a dozen sketch books may be noted. The of canals spanned by bridges; and the streets with
town, which is rich in mediaeval architecture, is their quaint gables and balconies are singularly
guarded on the land side by fortifications dating picturesque. Moreover, cleanliness is a predomi-
from the Middle Ages which are still in fair riant feature of the town, in spite of the scores of
preservation. The ancient ramparts, however, have lofty chimneys belonging to the various steam saw-
mills, shipbuilding yards,
; v and sugar refineries which
belch forth volumes of
dense black smoke and
cause the courage of the
traveller approaching from
the river to precipitately
ooze out of his finger ends.
The student of Church his-
tory who hopes to find
intact the hall in which sat
the worthy divines constitut-
ing the synod convened for
the purpose of condemning
the doctrines of Jacobus Ar-
minius, will be rudely disap-
pointed, for that historical
^lllliillllilWiiiJII"^^^^^hy^^S^Sl^^^m^^^^ building is now converted
into a very up-to-date play-
NEAR DELFSHAVEN FROM A PENCIL SKETCH BY G. HORTON llOUSe with popular prices.
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ON THE SANDS, SCHEVENTNGEN FROM A PENCIL SKETCH BY G. HORTON
farther side of the river.
And there is the I ferwich
packet-boat coming slowly
up, very thankful to reach
safe waters after a wildish
time in the North Sea. A
coasting-brig has evidently
had a Still more troublous
time, for her main-top-mast
is damaged, and her rigging
is full of men, who crawl
about and reef, and splice,
and mend. All these
things may be seen in the
waterway, for Rotterdam
has commercial relations
with America, with the West
Indies, with Spain, Portu-
gal, Germany, France, and ^ '"ft* ^vum***^**
with the " adjacent island
of Great Britain" as the
minister of the Hebridean
kirk described it in his con-
descending prayers for its welfare. outlived their pristine glory and are now more or
A delightful trip, and one that can be undertaken less given over to Sunday afternoon promenaders,
comfortably and inexpensively, is that by boat from who come out in their hundreds from the low-lying
Rotterdam down the river Maas to Dordrecht. town in search of the breezes to be enjoyed upon
The journey occupies no more than an hour and a the elevated counterscarp and glacis. Dordrecht
half, and in that short time subjects sufficient to is intersected, like most Dutch towns, by numbers
fill half a dozen sketch books may be noted. The of canals spanned by bridges; and the streets with
town, which is rich in mediaeval architecture, is their quaint gables and balconies are singularly
guarded on the land side by fortifications dating picturesque. Moreover, cleanliness is a predomi-
from the Middle Ages which are still in fair riant feature of the town, in spite of the scores of
preservation. The ancient ramparts, however, have lofty chimneys belonging to the various steam saw-
mills, shipbuilding yards,
; v and sugar refineries which
belch forth volumes of
dense black smoke and
cause the courage of the
traveller approaching from
the river to precipitately
ooze out of his finger ends.
The student of Church his-
tory who hopes to find
intact the hall in which sat
the worthy divines constitut-
ing the synod convened for
the purpose of condemning
the doctrines of Jacobus Ar-
minius, will be rudely disap-
pointed, for that historical
^lllliillllilWiiiJII"^^^^^hy^^S^Sl^^^m^^^^ building is now converted
into a very up-to-date play-
NEAR DELFSHAVEN FROM A PENCIL SKETCH BY G. HORTON llOUSe with popular prices.
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